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.

भृशमवनामिताङ्गपरिमोटनतोऽप्यथ वा ।
जनधृतरिक्तभाण्डमवलोक्य च चौरजनम् ।
हृतपतितक्षतास्मृतविनष्टभग्नगतोन्मुषितमृताद्यनिष्टरवतो लभते न हृतम् ॥ २८ ॥

bhṛśamavanāmitāṅgaparimoṭanato'pyatha vā |
janadhṛtariktabhāṇḍamavalokya ca caurajanam |
hṛtapatitakṣatāsmṛtavinaṣṭabhagnagatonmuṣitamṛtādyaniṣṭaravato labhate na hṛtam || 28 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 50.28 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 (50.28). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bhrisham, Bhrisha, Avanamita, Anga, Parimotana, Tas, Api, Apya, Atha, Jana, Dhrita, Rikta, Bhanda, Avalokya, Caura, Hrita, Patita, Kshata, Smrito, Nashta, Bhagna, Gat, Gata, Unmushita, Rita, Yat, Ishta, Ravata, Ravat, Labhat, Hrit,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 50.28). 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: “bhṛśamavanāmitāṅgaparimoṭanato'pyatha
  • bhṛśam -
  • bhṛśam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    bhṛśa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    bhṛśa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    bhṛśā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • avanāmitā -
  • avanāmita (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    avanāmita (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    avanāmitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aṅga -
  • aṅga (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    aṅga (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    aṅg (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • parimoṭana -
  • parimoṭana (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • to' -
  • tas (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • apya -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    apya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • atha -
  • atha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • -
  • (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • Line 2: “janadhṛtariktabhāṇḍamavalokya ca caurajanam
  • jana -
  • jana (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    jana (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    jan (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • dhṛta -
  • dhṛta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dhṛta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • rikta -
  • rikta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    rikta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ric -> rikta (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √ric class 1 verb], [vocative single from √ric class 4 verb], [vocative single from √ric class 7 verb]
    ric -> rikta (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √ric class 1 verb], [vocative single from √ric class 4 verb], [vocative single from √ric class 7 verb]
    rij -> rikta (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √rij class 1 verb]
    rij -> rikta (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √rij class 1 verb]
  • bhāṇḍam -
  • bhāṇḍa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    bhāṇḍa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • avalokya -
  • avalokya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    avalokya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    avalok -> avalokya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √avalok]
    avalok -> avalokya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √avalok]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • caura -
  • caura (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    caura (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • janam -
  • jana (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    jana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    janā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 3: “hṛtapatitakṣatāsmṛtavinaṣṭabhagnagatonmuṣitamṛtādyaniṣṭaravato labhate na hṛtam
  • hṛta -
  • hṛta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    hṛta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    hṛ -> hṛta (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √hṛ class 1 verb]
    hṛ -> hṛta (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √hṛ class 1 verb]
  • patita -
  • patita (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    patita (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pat -> patita (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √pat class 1 verb]
    pat -> patita (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √pat class 1 verb]
  • kṣatā -
  • kṣatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    kṣan -> kṣatā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √kṣan class 8 verb]
  • smṛtavi -
  • smṛto (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • naṣṭa -
  • naṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    naṣṭa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    naś -> naṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √naś class 1 verb], [vocative single from √naś class 4 verb]
    naś -> naṣṭa (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √naś class 1 verb], [vocative single from √naś class 4 verb]
    naś -> naṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √naś class 1 verb]
    naś -> naṣṭa (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √naś class 1 verb]
  • bhagna -
  • bhagna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bhagna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • gato -
  • gata (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    gata (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    gat (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    gat (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    gatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • unmuṣitam -
  • unmuṣita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    unmuṣita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    unmuṣitā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ṛtād -
  • ṛta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    ṛta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • yan -
  • yat (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    i -> yat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
  • iṣṭa -
  • iṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    iṣṭa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    iṣ -> iṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √iṣ class 6 verb]
    iṣ -> iṣṭa (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √iṣ class 6 verb]
    yaj -> iṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √yaj class 1 verb]
    yaj -> iṣṭa (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √yaj class 1 verb]
  • ravato* -
  • ravata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    ru -> ravat (participle, masculine)
    [accusative plural from √ru class 1 verb], [ablative single from √ru class 1 verb], [genitive single from √ru class 1 verb]
    ru -> ravat (participle, neuter)
    [ablative single from √ru class 1 verb], [genitive single from √ru class 1 verb]
    ru (verb class 1)
    [present active third dual]
  • labhate -
  • labh -> labhat (participle, masculine)
    [dative single from √labh class 1 verb]
    labh -> labhat (participle, neuter)
    [dative single from √labh class 1 verb]
    labh (verb class 1)
    [present middle third single]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • hṛtam -
  • hṛta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    hṛta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    hṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    hṛt (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    hṛ -> hṛta (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √hṛ class 1 verb]
    hṛ -> hṛta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √hṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √hṛ class 1 verb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 50.28

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 50.28 in Kannada sript:
ಭೃಶಮವನಾಮಿತಾಙ್ಗಪರಿಮೋಟನತೋಽಪ್ಯಥ ವಾ ।
ಜನಧೃತರಿಕ್ತಭಾಣ್ಡಮವಲೋಕ್ಯ ಚ ಚೌರಜನಮ್ ।
ಹೃತಪತಿತಕ್ಷತಾಸ್ಮೃತವಿನಷ್ಟಭಗ್ನಗತೋನ್ಮುಷಿತಮೃತಾದ್ಯನಿಷ್ಟರವತೋ ಲಭತೇ ನ ಹೃತಮ್ ॥ ೨೮ ॥

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 50.28 in Gujarati sript:
ભૃશમવનામિતાઙ્ગપરિમોટનતોઽપ્યથ વા ।
જનધૃતરિક્તભાણ્ડમવલોક્ય ચ ચૌરજનમ્ ।
હૃતપતિતક્ષતાસ્મૃતવિનષ્ટભગ્નગતોન્મુષિતમૃતાદ્યનિષ્ટરવતો લભતે ન હૃતમ્ ॥ ૨૮ ॥

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 50.28 in Kannada sript:
ಭೃಶಮವನಾಮಿತಾಙ್ಗಪರಿಮೋಟನತೋಽಪ್ಯಥ ವಾ ।
ಜನಧೃತರಿಕ್ತಭಾಣ್ಡಮವಲೋಕ್ಯ ಚ ಚೌರಜನಮ್ ।
ಹೃತಪತಿತಕ್ಷತಾಸ್ಮೃತವಿನಷ್ಟಭಗ್ನಗತೋನ್ಮುಷಿತಮೃತಾದ್ಯನಿಷ್ಟರವತೋ ಲಭತೇ ನ ಹೃತಮ್ ॥ ೨೮ ॥

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