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 75 - kāndarpikādhyāyaḥ [kāndarpika-adhyāya]
[English text for this chapter is available]
rakte'dhike strī puruṣastu śukre napuṃsakaṃ śoṇitaśukrasāmye |
yasmādataḥ śukravivṛddhidāni niṣevitavyāni rasāyanāni || 1 ||
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harmyapṛṣṭhamuḍunātharaśmayaḥ sotpalaṃ madhu madālasā priyā |
vallakī smarakathā rahaḥ srajo varga eṣa madanasya vāgurā || 2 ||
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mākṣīkadhātumadhupāradalohacūrṇapathyāśilājatughṛtāni samāni yo'dyāt |
saikāni viṃśatirahāni jarānvito'pi so'śītiko'pi ramayatyabalāṃ yuveva || 3 ||
[viḍaṅgaghṛtāni]
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kṣīraṃ śṛtaṃ yaḥ kapikacchumūlaiḥ pibetkṣayaṃ strīṣu na so'bhyupaiti |
māṣānpayaḥsarpiṣi vā vipakvān ṣaḍgrāsamātrāṃśca payo'nupānam || 4 ||
[anupānān]
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vidārikāyāḥ svarasena cūrṇaṃ muhurmuhurbhāvitaśoṣitaṃ ca |
śṛtena dugdhena saśarkareṇa pibetsa yasya pramadāḥ prabhūtāḥ || 5 ||
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dhātrīphalānāṃ svarasena cūrṇaṃ subhāvitaṃ kṣaudrasitājyayuktam |
līḍhvānu pītvā ca payo'gniśaktyā kāmaṃ nikāmaṃ puruṣo niṣevet || 6 ||
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kṣīreṇa bastāṇḍa yujā śṛtena samplāvya kāmī bahuśastilānyaḥ |
suśoṣitānatti payaḥ pibecca tasyāgrataḥ kiṃ caṭakaḥ karoti || 7 ||
[pibetpayaś]
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māṣasūpasahitena sarpiṣā ṣaṣṭikaudanamadanti ye narāḥ |
kṣīramapyanu pibanti tāsu te śarvarīṣu madanena śerate || 8 ||
[madane na]
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tilāśvagandhākapikacchumūlairvidārikāṣaṣṭikapiṣṭayogaḥ |
ājena piṣṭaḥ payasā ghṛtena pakvaṃ bhavecchaṣkulikātivṛṣyā || 9 ||
[paktvā]
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kṣīreṇa vā gokṣurakopayogaṃ vidārikākandakabhakṣaṇaṃ vā |
kurvanna sīded yadi jīryate'sya mandāgnitā cedidamatra cūrṇam || 10 ||
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sājamodalavaṇā harītakī śṛṅgaverasahitā ca pippalī |
madyatakrataraloṣṇavāribhiścūrṇapānamudarāgnidīpanam || 11 ||
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atyamlatiktalavaṇāni kaṭūni vātti |
yaḥ kṣāraśākabahulāni ca bhojanāni |
dṛgśukravīryarahitaḥ sa karotyanekān 75.12dvyājān jaranniva yuvāpyabalāmavāpya || 12 ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the kāndarpikādhyāyaḥ [kāndarpika-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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