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 18.252

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अपराह्णार्चनं चैव दैत्यनाशनहेतवे ।
अर्धरात्रार्ऽचनं प्रोक्तं चतुष्पादभिवृद्धये ॥ २५२ ॥

aparāhṇārcanaṃ caiva daityanāśanahetave |
ardharātrār'canaṃ proktaṃ catuṣpādabhivṛddhaye || 252 ||

Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.

Afternoon worship is also performed to destroy the demons. It is said that one should worship at midnight to increase the four legs of the body.
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 (18.252). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Aparahna, Arcana, Daityanashana, Hetu, Prokta, Catushpada, Bha, Vriddhi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Bhrigu-samhita Verse 18.252). 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: “aparāhṇārcanaṃ caiva daityanāśanahetave ”
aparāhṇā -
aparāhṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
arcanam -
arcana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

arcana (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

arcanā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
daityanāśana -
daityanāśana (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
hetave -
hetu (noun, masculine)

[dative single]
Line 2: “ardharātrār'canaṃ proktaṃ catuṣpādabhivṛddhaye ”
Cannot analyse ardharātrār'canam*pr
proktam -
prokta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

prokta (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

proktā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
catuṣpāda -
catuṣpāda (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

catuṣpāda (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhi -
bhī (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

bhā (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
vṛddhaye -
vṛddhi (noun, feminine)

[dative single]

vṛddhi (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Bhrigu-samhita Verse 18.252

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!

Last Updated: 23 July, 2023