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.

नखरोमाणि यश्चैव केशास्थीनि तथैव च ।
क्षिपेत्तु देवतागारे स भवेद्ब्रह्महा नरः ॥ २९० ॥

nakharomāṇi yaścaiva keśāsthīni tathaiva ca |
kṣipettu devatāgāre sa bhavedbrahmahā naraḥ || 290 ||

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

The nails, hair, hair and bones are all the same. If he throws it into the temple of the demigods he will become a brahma-hasa.

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

Nakhara, Mani, Yah, Kesha, Asthi, Asthini, Tatha, Devatagara, Brahmaha, Nara, Nri,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Bhrigu-samhita Verse 36.290). 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: “nakharomāṇi yaścaiva keśāsthīni tathaiva ca
  • nakharo -
  • nakhara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • māṇi -
  • māṇi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    māṇi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    māṇi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • yaś -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [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]
  • keśā -
  • keśa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    keśa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    keśā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • asthīni -
  • asthīni (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    asthīni (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    asthīni (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    asthi (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • tathai -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tatha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tatha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “kṣipettu devatāgāre sa bhavedbrahmahā naraḥ
  • kṣipet -
  • kṣip (verb class 6)
    [optative active third single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • devatāgāre -
  • devatāgāra (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bhaved -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • brahmahā* -
  • brahmaha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    brahmahā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • naraḥ -
  • nara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    nṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Bhrigu-samhita Verse 36.290

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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