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.

सप्तभौमाष्टभौमा च दीप्तायामेति चाष्टमी ।
इत्येता नामतः प्रोक्ता घोरा नरककोटयः ॥ ४० ॥

saptabhaumāṣṭabhaumā ca dīptāyāmeti cāṣṭamī |
ityetā nāmataḥ proktā ghorā narakakoṭayaḥ || 40 ||

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

The seventh and eighth are the eighth, and the eighth is the eighth. These are the terrible crores of hell mentioned by name.

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

Saptabhauma, Dipta, Iti, Itya, Eta, Esha, Namatah, Prokta, Ghora, Naraka, Koti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Bhrigu-samhita Verse 36.40). 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: “saptabhaumāṣṭabhaumā ca dīptāyāmeti cāṣṭamī
  • saptabhaumāṣ -
  • saptabhauma (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    saptabhaumā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ṭa -
  • ṭa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ṭa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bhaumā -
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dīptāyām -
  • dīptā (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • eti -
  • eti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    i (verb class 2)
    [present active third single]
  • cāṣ -
  • ca (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ṭam -
  • ṭa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ṭa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    ṭā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ī -
  • ī (noun, feminine)
    [compound]
    ī (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    i (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • Line 2: “ityetā nāmataḥ proktā ghorā narakakoṭayaḥ
  • itye -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    itya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    itya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    ityā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    i -> itya (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √i class 2 verb]
    i -> itya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √i class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √i class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √i class 2 verb], [locative single from √i class 2 verb]
    i -> ityā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative dual from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √i class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √i class 2 verb]
  • etā* -
  • eta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    etā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    eṣā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
  • nāmataḥ -
  • nāmataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • proktā* -
  • prokta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    proktā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ghorā* -
  • ghora (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    ghorā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • naraka -
  • naraka (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    naraka (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • koṭayaḥ -
  • koṭi (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Bhrigu-samhita Verse 36.40

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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