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Brihat-samhita [sanskrit]
26,560 words
The Sanskrit text of the Brihat-samhita from the 6th-century authored by Varaha Mihira in present-day Ujjain, India. It primarily deals with astrology and astronomy but is presented as an encyclopedia of knowledge.
Chapter 44 - khañjanakalakṣaṇādhyāyaḥ [khañjanakalakṣaṇa-adhyāya]
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khañjanako nāmāyaṃ yo vihagastasya darśane prathame |
proktāni yāni munibhiḥ phalāni tāni pravakṣyāmi || 1 ||
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sthūlo'bhyunnatakaṇṭhaḥ kṛṣṇagalo bhadrakārako bhadraḥ |
ākaṇṭhamukhātkṛṣṇaḥ sampūrṇaḥ pūrayatyāśām || 2 ||
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kṛṣṇo gale'sya binduḥ sitakaraṭāntaḥ sa riktakṛd riktaḥ |
pīto gopīta iti kleśakaraḥ khañjano dṛṣṭaḥ || 3 ||
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atha madhurasurabhiphalakusumataruṣu salilāśayeṣu puṇyeṣu |
karituragabhujagamūrdhni prāsādodyānaharmyeṣu || 4 ||
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gogoṣṭhasatsamāgamayajñotsavapārthivadvijasamīpe |
hastituraṅgamaśālācchatradhvajacāmarādyeṣu || 5 ||
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hemasamīpasitāmbarakamalotpalapūjitopalipteṣu |
dadhipātradhānyakūṭeṣu ca śriyaṃ khañjanaḥ kurute || 6 ||
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paṅke svādvannāptirgorasasampacca gomayopagate |
śādvalage vastrāptiḥ śakaṭasthe deśavibhraṃśaḥ || 7 ||
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gṛhapaṭale'rthabhraṃśo badhre bandho'śucau bhavati rogaḥ |
pṛṣṭhe tvajāvikānāṃ priyasaṅgamamāvahatyāśu || 8 ||
[vadhre]
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mahiṣoṣṭragardabhāsthiśmaśānagṛhakoṇaśarkarāṭṭa sthaḥ |
prākārabhasmakeśeṣu cāśubho maraṇarugbhayadaḥ || 9 ||
[adri]
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pakṣau dhunvanna śubhaḥ śubhaḥ pibanvāri nimnagāsaṃsthaḥ |
sūryodaye praśasto neṣṭaphalaḥ khañjano'stamaye || 10 ||
[atha śasto]
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nīrājane nivṛtte yayā diśā khañjanaṃ nṛpo yāntam |
paśyettayā gatasya kṣipramarātirvaśamupaiti || 11 ||
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tasminnidhirbhavati maithunameti yasminyasmiṃstu chardayati tatra tale'sti kācam |
aṅgāramapyupadiśanti purīṣaṇe'sya tatkautukāpanayanāya khaneddharitrīm || 12 ||
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mṛtavikalavibhinnarogitaḥ svatanusamānaphalapradaḥ khagaḥ |
dhanakṛdabhinilīyamānako viyati ca bandhusamāgamapradaḥ || 13 ||
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nṛpatirapi śubhaṃ śubhapradeśe khagamavalokya mahītale vidadhyāt |
surabhikusumadhūpayuktamarghaṃ śubhamabhinandimevameti vṛddhim || 14 ||
[abhinanditam]
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aśubhamapi vilokya khañjanaṃ dvijagurusādhusurārcane rataḥ |
na nṛpatiraśubhaṃ samāpnuyāt na yadi dināni ca sapta māṃsabhuk || 15 ||
[samāpnuyān]
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āvarṣātprathame darśane phalaṃ pratidinaṃ tu dinaśeṣāt |
diksthānamūrtilagnarkṣaśāntadīptādibhiścohyam || 16 ||
[dinaśeṣe]
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the khañjanakalakṣaṇādhyāyaḥ [khañjanakalakṣaṇa-adhyāya]
Brihata Samhita (Sanskrit Text with Hindi Translation)
by Pandit Achyutananda Jha (2001)
Title: बृहत्संहिता (संस्कृत एवम् हिन्दी अनुवाद); Author: वराह मिहिर (Varaha Mihir); Publisher: Chaukhambha Vidya Bhawan
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Brhatsamhita with the Commentary of Bhattotpala
by Krishna Chandra Dwivedi (2016)
Publisher: Sampurnanand Sanskrit University; 1229 pages;
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Brihat Samhita with the Commentary of Utpalapatimala of Yogisvara
by K. V. Sharma (2012)
Publisher: Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, Janakpuri; 754 pages; ISBN-10; 8186111360; ISBN-13: 9788186111369
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Brihat Samhita (Hindi Translation)
by K. V. Sharma (2002)
Publisher: Sampurnanand Sanskrit University; 2359 pages; ISBN-13: 9789387890008.
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Brhat Samhita (English translation)
by N. Chidambaram Iyer (2022)
Publisher: Parimal Publication Pvt. Ltd.; 801 pages; Edited by Dr. Shrikrishna Jugnu; ISBN-10: 8171104215; ISBN-13: 9788171104215.
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Brhat Samhita (English with notes)
by M. Ramakrishna Bhat (2010)
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidas Publishers Pvt. Ltd.; 1155 pages; ISBN-10: 8120810600; ISBN-13: 9788120810600.
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Brhat Samhita (Telugu translation)
by Sishtla Umamaheswara Sharma (2020)
Publisher: Mohan Publications, Andhra Pradesh; 846 pages.
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Brhat Samhita (Gujarati translation)
by - (2000)
Publisher: Shree Harihar Pustakalay, Surat; Author: Shri Varahamihira Acharya (શ્રી વરાહમિહીરાચાર્ય); 432 pages.
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Brhat Samhita (Kannada translation)
by Sripada Raghunatha Kulkarni (2021)
Publisher: Srinidhi Publications, Bangalore; 668 pages with illustrations.
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