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.

स्कन्दो विघ्नश्च दुर्गा च ज्येष्ठा चैव सरस्वती ।
तदालये बलिं दद्यात्प्राकारे चोत्तरेऽपि वा ॥ १६२ ॥

skando vighnaśca durgā ca jyeṣṭhā caiva sarasvatī |
tadālaye baliṃ dadyātprākāre cottare'pi vā || 162 ||

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

The names of these rivers are Skanda, Vighna, Durgā, Jyeṣṭhā and Sarasvatī. One should offer oblations in the temple, on the wall or on the north side.

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 (24.162). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Skanda, Vighna, Durga, Jyeshtha, Sarasvat, Sarasvati, Tada, Alaya, Ali, Bali, Prakara, Uttara, Api,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Bhrigu-samhita Verse 24.162). 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: “skando vighnaśca durgā ca jyeṣṭhā caiva sarasvatī
  • skando* -
  • skanda (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • vighnaś -
  • vighna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • durgā -
  • durgā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • jyeṣṭhā -
  • jyeṣṭhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • cai -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • sarasvatī -
  • sarasvatī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    sarasvat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • Line 2: “tadālaye baliṃ dadyātprākāre cottare'pi
  • tadā -
  • tadā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tadā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • alaye -
  • alaya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    alaya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    alayā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ali (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    lay (verb class 1)
    [imperfect middle first single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperfect middle first single]
  • balim -
  • bali (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • dadyāt -
  • (verb class 3)
    [optative active third single]
  • prākāre -
  • prākāra (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • co -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • uttare' -
  • uttara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [locative single]
    uttara (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    uttarā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    api (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • -
  • (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (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 24.162

Cover of edition (2020)

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!

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