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Bhrigu-samhita [sanskrit]
by Members of the Sansknet Project | 2020 | 45,052 words
The Sanskrit text of the Bhrigu-samhita, an ancient text belonging to the Vaikhanasa Agama section of the Pancaratra tradition and dates to at least 11th century (or earlier). The name “Bhrigusamhita” literally means “The Compendium of Bhrigu” and basically represents a work on Vaishnava theology. The English translation of the Bhrigu-samhita is indicatory only as it was performed by a translation software. Alternative titles: Bhṛgusaṃhitā (भृगुसंहिता), Bhṛgu-saṃhitā (भृगु-संहिता), Bhrgusamhita.
Verse 8.58
चतुर्मात्रार्धविस्तारं शूलमूलविशालकम् ।
अग्रतारं चतुर्मात्रमष्टांशोनमथापि वा ॥ ५८ ॥
caturmātrārdhavistāraṃ śūlamūlaviśālakam |
agratāraṃ caturmātramaṣṭāṃśonamathāpi vā || 58 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
It was four and a half feet wide and wide at the base of a trident. The front string may be four or eight times as long.
English translation by Google (2023)
Glossary of Sanskrit terms
Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (8.58). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Caturma, Atra, Ardha, Vistara, Shula, Mula, Vishalaka, Agra, Tara, Ashta, Shona, Athapi,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Bhrigu-samhita Verse 8.58). If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.
- Line 1: “caturmātrārdhavistāraṃ śūlamūlaviśālakam ”
- caturmā -
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caturmā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- atrā -
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atra (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]atra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]atra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]atrā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- ardha -
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ardha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ardha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- vistāram -
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vistāra (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- śūla -
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śūla (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]śūla (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√śūl (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- mūla -
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mūla (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]mūla (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√mūl (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- viśālakam -
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viśālaka (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- Line 2: “agratāraṃ caturmātramaṣṭāṃśonamathāpi vā ”
- agra -
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agra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]agra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- tāram -
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tāra (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]tāra (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]tārā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- caturmā -
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caturmā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- atram -
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atrā (noun, feminine)[adverb]atra (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]atra (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- aṣṭāṃ -
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aṣṭā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]√aś -> aṣṭā (participle, feminine)[accusative single from √aś class 5 verb]
- śonam -
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śona (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]śona (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- athāpi -
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athāpi (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- vā -
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vā (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]vā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√vā (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Bhrigu-samhita Verse 8.58
Bhṛgusaṃhitā (a text of the Vaikhānasa-tradition)
by Members of the Sansknet Project (2020)
Publisher: Göttingen Register of Electronic Texts in Indian Languages (GRETIL), SUB Göttingen; Note: The Text is not Proof-read!