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.

उत्तरमार्गो याम्यादि निगदितो मध्यमस्तु भाग्याद्यः ।
दक्षिणमार्गवाषाढादि कैश्चिदेवं कृता मार्गाः ॥ ६ ॥

uttaramārgo yāmyādi nigadito madhyamastu bhāgyādyaḥ |
dakṣiṇamārgavāṣāḍhādi kaiścidevaṃ kṛtā mārgāḥ || 6 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 9.6 is contained in the book Brihata Samhita (Sanskrit Text with Hindi Translation) by Pandit Achyutananda Jha. This book is available online or you could buy the latest edition:

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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (9.6). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Uttaramarga, Yami, Yamya, Yamin, Adi, Adin, Nigadita, Madhyama, Bhagya, Yah, Dakshinamarga, Ashadha, Kah, Kim, Cidi, Krita, Marga,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 9.6). 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: “uttaramārgo yāmyādi nigadito madhyamastu bhāgyādyaḥ
  • uttaramārgo* -
  • uttaramārga (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • yāmyā -
  • yāmī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [instrumental single]
    yāmi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]
    yāmya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yāmya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yāmin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single]
    yāmin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    yāmyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 2)
    [present active first single]
  • ādi -
  • ādi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ādi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ādi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ādin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ādin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • nigadito* -
  • nigadita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • madhyamas -
  • madhyama (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • bhāgyād -
  • bhāgya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    bhāgya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • yaḥ -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “dakṣiṇamārgavāṣāḍhādi kaiścidevaṃ kṛtā mārgāḥ
  • dakṣiṇamārga -
  • dakṣiṇamārga (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • -
  • (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    u (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ū (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    ū (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ū (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    o (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    au (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    au (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    va (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    va (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • āṣāḍhā -
  • āṣāḍha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    āṣāḍha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    āṣāḍhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • adi -
  • ad (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ad (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • kaiś -
  • ka (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    ka (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • cide -
  • cidi (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    cidi (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • vam -
  • va (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    va (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    ve (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • kṛtā* -
  • kṛta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    kṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    kṛ -> kṛta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √kṛ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √kṛ class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative plural from √kṛ class 5 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb]
    kṛ -> kṛtā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √kṛ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √kṛ class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative plural from √kṛ class 5 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative plural from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb]
  • mārgāḥ -
  • mārga (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    mārgā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 9.6

Cover of edition (2016)

Brhatsamhita with the Commentary of Bhattotpala
by Krishna Chandra Dwivedi (2016)

Publisher: Sampurnanand Sanskrit University; 1229 pages;

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Cover of edition (2012)

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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Cover of edition (2002)

Brihat Samhita (Hindi Translation)
by K. V. Sharma (2002)

Publisher: Sampurnanand Sanskrit University; 2359 pages; ISBN-13: 9789387890008.

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Cover of edition (2022)

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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Cover of edition (2010)

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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Cover of edition (2020)

Brhat Samhita (Telugu translation)
by Sishtla Umamaheswara Sharma (2020)

Publisher: Mohan Publications, Andhra Pradesh; 846 pages.

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Preview of verse 9.6 in Kannada sript:
ಉತ್ತರಮಾರ್ಗೋ ಯಾಮ್ಯಾದಿ ನಿಗದಿತೋ ಮಧ್ಯಮಸ್ತು ಭಾಗ್ಯಾದ್ಯಃ ।
ದಕ್ಷಿಣಮಾರ್ಗವಾಷಾಢಾದಿ ಕೈಶ್ಚಿದೇವಂ ಕೃತಾ ಮಾರ್ಗಾಃ ॥ ೬ ॥

Cover of Gujarati edition

Brhat Samhita (Gujarati translation)
by - (2000)

Publisher: Shree Harihar Pustakalay, Surat; Author: Shri Varahamihira Acharya (શ્રી વરાહમિહીરાચાર્ય); 432 pages.

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Preview of verse 9.6 in Gujarati sript:
ઉત્તરમાર્ગો યામ્યાદિ નિગદિતો મધ્યમસ્તુ ભાગ્યાદ્યઃ ।
દક્ષિણમાર્ગવાષાઢાદિ કૈશ્ચિદેવં કૃતા માર્ગાઃ ॥ ૬ ॥

Cover of edition (2021)

Brhat Samhita (Kannada translation)
by Sripada Raghunatha Kulkarni (2021)

Publisher: Srinidhi Publications, Bangalore; 668 pages with illustrations.

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Preview of verse 9.6 in Kannada sript:
ಉತ್ತರಮಾರ್ಗೋ ಯಾಮ್ಯಾದಿ ನಿಗದಿತೋ ಮಧ್ಯಮಸ್ತು ಭಾಗ್ಯಾದ್ಯಃ ।
ದಕ್ಷಿಣಮಾರ್ಗವಾಷಾಢಾದಿ ಕೈಶ್ಚಿದೇವಂ ಕೃತಾ ಮಾರ್ಗಾಃ ॥ ೬ ॥

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