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.

Verse 88.1

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नृतुरगकरिकुम्भपर्याणसक्षीरवृक्षेष्टकासञ्चयच्छत्रशय्यासनोलूखलानि ध्वजं चामरं शाद्वलं पुष्पितं वा प्रदेशं यदा श्वावमूत्र्याग्रतो याति यातुस्तदा कार्यसिद्धिर्भवेदार्द्रके गोमये मिष्टभोज्यागमः शुष्कसम्मूत्रणे शुष्कमन्नं गुडो मोदकावाप्तिरेवाथ वा ।
अथ विषतरुकण्ठकीकाष्ठपाषाणशुष्कद्रुमास्थिश्मशानानि मूत्र्यावहत्याथ वा यायिनोऽग्रेसरोऽनिष्टमाख्याति शय्याकुलालादि भाण्डान्यभुक्तान्यभिन्नानि वा मूत्रयन् कन्यकादोषकृद्भुज्यमानानि चेद्दुष्टतां तद्गृहिण्यास्तथा स्यादुपानत्फलं गोस्तु सम्मूत्रणेऽवर्णजः सङ्करः ॥ गमनमुखमुपानहं सम्प्रगृह्योपतिष्ठेद् यदा स्याद् तदा सिद्धये मांसपूर्णाननेऽर्थाप्तिराद्रेण चास्थ्ना शुभं साग्न्यलातेन शुष्केण चास्थ्ना गृहीतेन मृत्युः प्रशान्तोल्मुकेनाभिघातोऽथ पुंसः शिरोहस्तपादादि वक्त्रे भुवोऽभ्यागमो वस्त्रचीरादिभिर्व्यापदः के चिदाहुः सवस्त्रे शुभम् ।
प्रविशति तु गृहं सशुष्कास्थिवक्त्रे प्रधानस्य तस्मिन्वधः शृङ्खलाशीर्णवल्लीवरत्रादि वा बन्धनं चोपगृह्योपतिष्ठेद् यदा स्यात्तदा बन्धनं लेढि पादौ विधुन्वन् स्वकर्णाव् उपर्याक्रमंश्चापि विघ्नाय यातुर्विरोधे विरोधस्तथा स्वाङ्गकण्डूयने स्यात्स्वपंश्चोर्ध्वपादः सदा दोषकृत् ॥ १ ॥
[वर्णजः । ह्यागमो]

nṛturagakarikumbhaparyāṇasakṣīravṛkṣeṣṭakāsañcayacchatraśayyāsanolūkhalāni dhvajaṃ cāmaraṃ śādvalaṃ puṣpitaṃ vā pradeśaṃ yadā śvāvamūtryāgrato yāti yātustadā kāryasiddhirbhavedārdrake gomaye miṣṭabhojyāgamaḥ śuṣkasammūtraṇe śuṣkamannaṃ guḍo modakāvāptirevātha vā |
atha viṣatarukaṇṭhakīkāṣṭhapāṣāṇaśuṣkadrumāsthiśmaśānāni mūtryāvahatyātha vā yāyino'gresaro'niṣṭamākhyāti śayyākulālādi bhāṇḍānyabhuktānyabhinnāni vā mūtrayan kanyakādoṣakṛdbhujyamānāni cedduṣṭatāṃ tadgṛhiṇyāstathā syādupānatphalaṃ gostu sammūtraṇe'varṇajaḥ saṅkaraḥ || gamanamukhamupānahaṃ sampragṛhyopatiṣṭhed yadā syād tadā siddhaye māṃsapūrṇānane'rthāptirādreṇa cāsthnā śubhaṃ sāgnyalātena śuṣkeṇa cāsthnā gṛhītena mṛtyuḥ praśāntolmukenābhighāto'tha puṃsaḥ śirohastapādādi vaktre bhuvo'bhyāgamo vastracīrādibhirvyāpadaḥ ke cidāhuḥ savastre śubham |
praviśati tu gṛhaṃ saśuṣkāsthivaktre pradhānasya tasminvadhaḥ śṛṅkhalāśīrṇavallīvaratrādi vā bandhanaṃ copagṛhyopatiṣṭhed yadā syāttadā bandhanaṃ leḍhi pādau vidhunvan svakarṇāv uparyākramaṃścāpi vighnāya yāturvirodhe virodhastathā svāṅgakaṇḍūyane syātsvapaṃścordhvapādaḥ sadā doṣakṛt || 1 ||
[varṇajaḥ | hyāgamo]

The Sanskrit text of Verse 88.1 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 (88.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nritu, Aga, Karikumbha, Paryana, Sakshira, Asancaya, Ccha, Tra, Shayyasana, Ulukhala, Dhvaja, Camara, Shadvala, Pushpita, Pradesha, Yada, Yad, Shvan, Mutrya, Agratah, Agratas, Yat, Yati, Yatu, Yatri, Tada, Karyasiddhi, Ardraka, Gomaya, Mishta, Bhoj, Bhojin, Bhojya, Bhoji, Agama, Shushka, Sammutrana, Anna, Guda, Modaka, Apti, Eva, Han, Atha, Kantha, Kika, Tha, Pashana, Druma, Asthi, Shmashana, Ahati, Var, Yayin, Yayi, Agresara, Anishta, Shayya, Shayi, Kulala, Bhanda, Abhukta, Abhinna, Mutra, Kanyaka, Osha, Krit, Bhuj, Bhuji, Amana, Ced, Dushtata, Tad, Tat, Grihini, Tatha, Syat, Sya, Upanah, Phala, Avarna, Sankara, Gamana, Ukha, Upanaha, Siddhi, Mamsapurna, Ana, Ani, Artha, Shubha, Shubh, Sagni, Alata, Grihita, Mrityu, Prashantolmuka, Abhighata, Pums, Shira, Shiras, Vaktri, Vaktra, Bhuvah, Bhuva, Bhu, Abhyagama, Vastra, Cira, Vyapad, Vyapada, Kah, Kim, Cit, Sava, Tri, Pravishat, Grih, Shushkasthi, Pradhana, Vadha, Shrinkhala, Shirna, Valli, Varatra, Bandhana, Pada, Padu, Vidhunvat, Vighna, Virodha, Svanga, Kanduyana, Svapat, Urdhvapada, Sada, Doshakrit, Varnaja,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 88.1). 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: “nṛturagakarikumbhaparyāṇasakṣīravṛkṣeṣṭakāsañcayacchatraśayyāsanolūkhalāni dhvajaṃ cāmaraṃ śādvalaṃ puṣpitaṃ vā pradeśaṃ yadā śvāvamūtryāgrato yāti yātustadā kāryasiddhirbhavedārdrake gomaye miṣṭabhojyāgamaḥ śuṣkasammūtraṇe śuṣkamannaṃ guḍo modakāvāptirevātha vā ”
nṛtur -
nṛtu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

nṛtu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aga -
aga (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

aga (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√ag (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
karikumbha -
karikumbha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
paryāṇa -
paryāṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
sakṣīra -
sakṣīra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sakṣīra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vṛkṣeṣ -
√vṛkṣ (verb class 1)

[optative active second single]
ṭa -
ṭa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ṭa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kā -
kā (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

ka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

kā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]
asañcaya -
asañcaya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

asañcaya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ccha -
ccha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ccha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tra -
tra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śayyāsano -
śayyāsana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ulūkhalāni -
ulūkhala (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
dhvajam -
dhvaja (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

dhvajā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
cāmaram -
cāmara (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

cāmara (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

cāmarā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
śādvalam -
śādvala (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śādvala (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

śādvalā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
puṣpitam -
puṣpita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

puṣpita (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

puṣpitā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
vā -
vā (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vā (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
pradeśam -
pradeśa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
yadā -
yadā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yadā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yadā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yad (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
śvā -
śvan (noun, masculine)

[compound], [nominative single]
āva -
√av (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]

√u (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√u (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√u (verb class 5)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
mūtryā -
mūtrya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

mūtrya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

mūtryā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
agrato* -
agrataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

agratas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
yāti -
yāti (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

yāti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

yāti (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

yāt (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

yāt (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

√yā (verb class 2)

[present active third single]
yātus -
yātu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yātṛ (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

yātṛ (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
tadā -
tadā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tadā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tadā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tadā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
kāryasiddhir -
kāryasiddhi (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
bhaved -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]
ārdrake -
ārdraka (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ārdraka (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
gomaye -
gomaya (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

gomaya (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

gomayā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
miṣṭa -
miṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

miṣṭa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√mich -> miṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √mich class 6 verb]

√mich -> miṣṭa (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √mich class 6 verb]

√mis -> miṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √mis class 4 verb]

√mis -> miṣṭa (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √mis class 4 verb]

√miś -> miṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √miś class 1 verb]

√miś -> miṣṭa (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √miś class 1 verb]
bhojyā -
bhojin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single]

bhojin (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

bhojya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

bhojya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√bhuj -> bhojya (participle, masculine)

[compound from √bhuj]

√bhuj -> bhojya (participle, neuter)

[compound from √bhuj]

√bhuj -> bhojya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √bhuj]

bhojī (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]

bhojī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [instrumental single]

bhojī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

bhoj (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

bhoj (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

bhojyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√bhuj -> bhojya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √bhuj]

√bhuj -> bhojya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √bhuj]

√bhuj -> bhojyā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √bhuj]
āgamaḥ -
āgama (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
śuṣka -
śuṣka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śuṣka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√śuṣ -> śuṣka (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √śuṣ class 4 verb], [vocative single from √śuṣ class 6 verb]

√śuṣ -> śuṣka (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √śuṣ class 4 verb], [vocative single from √śuṣ class 6 verb]
sammūtraṇe -
sammūtraṇa (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
śuṣkam -
śuṣka (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śuṣka (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

śuṣkā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√śuṣ -> śuṣka (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √śuṣ class 4 verb], [accusative single from √śuṣ class 6 verb]

√śuṣ -> śuṣka (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √śuṣ class 4 verb], [accusative single from √śuṣ class 4 verb], [nominative single from √śuṣ class 6 verb], [accusative single from √śuṣ class 6 verb]
annam -
anna (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

anna (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

annā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
guḍo* -
guḍa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
modakāvā -
modaka (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
āptir -
āpti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
evāt -
eva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
ha -
ha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

han (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
vā -
vā (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vā (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
Line 2: “atha viṣatarukaṇṭhakīkāṣṭhapāṣāṇaśuṣkadrumāsthiśmaśānāni mūtryāvahatyātha vā yāyino'gresaro'niṣṭamākhyāti śayyākulālādi bhāṇḍānyabhuktānyabhinnāni vā mūtrayan kanyakādoṣakṛdbhujyamānāni cedduṣṭatāṃ tadgṛhiṇyāstathā syādupānatphalaṃ gostu sammūtraṇe'varṇajaḥ saṅkaraḥ |”
atha -
atha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
viṣataru -
viṣataru (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]
kaṇṭha -
kaṇṭha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

√kaṇṭh (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
kīkāṣ -
kīkā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
ṭha -
ṭha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
pāṣāṇa -
pāṣāṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
śuṣka -
śuṣka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śuṣka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√śuṣ -> śuṣka (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √śuṣ class 4 verb], [vocative single from √śuṣ class 6 verb]

√śuṣ -> śuṣka (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √śuṣ class 4 verb], [vocative single from √śuṣ class 6 verb]
drumā -
druma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

drumā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
asthi -
asthi (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
śmaśānāni -
śmaśāna (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
mūtryāva -
mūtrya (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
ahatyā -
ahati (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
atha -
atha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
vā* -
vār (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

vār (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

va (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
yāyino' -
yāyin (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

yāyin (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

yāyī (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
agresaro' -
agresara (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
aniṣṭam -
aniṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

aniṣṭa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

aniṣṭā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ākhyāti -
ākhyāti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
śayyā -
śayyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

śayi (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
kulālā -
kulāla (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
adi -
ad (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ad (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
bhāṇḍānya -
bhāṇḍa (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
abhuktānya -
abhukta (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
abhinnāni -
abhinna (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
vā* -
vār (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

vār (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

va (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
mūtra -
mūtra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative 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]
kanyakād -
kanyaka (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

kanyaka (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
oṣa -
oṣa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

oṣa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√uṣ (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
kṛd -
kṛt (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

kṛt (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
bhujya -
bhuji (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

bhuji (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

√bhuj -> bhujya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √bhuj]

√bhuj -> bhujya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √bhuj]

bhuj (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

bhuj (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
amānāni -
amāna (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
ced -
ced (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ced (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
duṣṭatām -
duṣṭatā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
tad -
tad (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
gṛhiṇyās -
gṛhiṇī (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
tathā -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
syād -
syāt (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

syāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[optative active third single]
upānat -
upānah (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single]
phalam -
phala (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

phala (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

phalā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
gos -
gu (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

go (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
sammūtraṇe' -
sammūtraṇa (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
avarṇa -
avarṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

avarṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
jaḥ -
ja (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
saṅkaraḥ -
saṅkara (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 3: “gamanamukhamupānahaṃ sampragṛhyopatiṣṭhed yadā syād tadā siddhaye māṃsapūrṇānane'rthāptirādreṇa cāsthnā śubhaṃ sāgnyalātena śuṣkeṇa cāsthnā gṛhītena mṛtyuḥ praśāntolmukenābhighāto'tha puṃsaḥ śirohastapādādi vaktre bhuvo'bhyāgamo vastracīrādibhirvyāpadaḥ ke cidāhuḥ savastre śubham ”
gamanam -
gamana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

gamana (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

gamanā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ukham -
ukha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ukhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
upānaham -
upānaha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

upānah (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
sam -
sa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
pragṛhyo -
pa -
pa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tiṣṭhed -
√sthā (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]
yadā -
yadā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yadā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yadā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yad (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
syād -
tadā -
tadā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tadā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tadā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tadā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
siddhaye -
siddhi (noun, feminine)

[dative single]
māṃsapūrṇān -
māṃsapūrṇa (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
ane' -
ana (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ani (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
arthā -
artha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

artha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√arth (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
āptir -
āpti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ād -
āt (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

a (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
reṇa -
ra (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

ra (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

√raṇ (verb class 1)

[perfect active second plural]

√raṇ (verb class 4)

[perfect active second plural]
Cannot analyse cāsthnā*śu
śubham -
śubha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śubha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

śubhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

śubh (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
sāgnya -
sāgni (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sāgni (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

sāgni (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

sāgni (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
alātena -
alāta (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
śuṣkeṇa -
śuṣka (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

śuṣka (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

√śuṣ -> śuṣka (participle, masculine)

[instrumental single from √śuṣ class 4 verb], [instrumental single from √śuṣ class 6 verb]

√śuṣ -> śuṣka (participle, neuter)

[instrumental single from √śuṣ class 4 verb], [instrumental single from √śuṣ class 6 verb]
Cannot analyse cāsthnā*gṛ
gṛhītena -
gṛhīta (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

gṛhīta (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

√grah -> gṛhīta (participle, masculine)

[instrumental single from √grah class 9 verb]

√grah -> gṛhīta (participle, neuter)

[instrumental single from √grah class 9 verb]
mṛtyuḥ -
mṛtyu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
praśāntolmukenā -
praśāntolmuka (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

praśāntolmuka (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
abhighāto' -
abhighāta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
atha -
atha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
puṃsaḥ -
puṃs (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
śiro -
śiras (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

śira (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
hastapādādi -
hastapādādi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]
vaktre -
vaktṛ (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

vaktra (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

vaktra (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

vaktrā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
bhuvo' -
bhuvaḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

bhuva (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

bhū (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

bhū (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
abhyāgamo* -
abhyāgama (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vastra -
vastra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
cīrād -
cīra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

cīra (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
ibhir -
i (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
vyāpadaḥ -
vyāpad (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

vyāpada (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ke -
ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

ka (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

kā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
cid -
cit (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

cit (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

cit (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
āhuḥ -
√ah (verb class 5)

[perfect active third plural]
savas -
savas (noun, neuter)

[adverb]

sava (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tre -
tra (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

tra (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

trā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

tri (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
śubham -
śubha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śubha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

śubhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

śubh (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
Line 4: “praviśati tu gṛhaṃ saśuṣkāsthivaktre pradhānasya tasminvadhaḥ śṛṅkhalāśīrṇavallīvaratrādi vā bandhanaṃ copagṛhyopatiṣṭhed yadā syāttadā bandhanaṃ leḍhi pādau vidhunvan svakarṇāv uparyākramaṃścāpi vighnāya yāturvirodhe virodhastathā svāṅgakaṇḍūyane syātsvapaṃścordhvapādaḥ sadā doṣakṛt || 1 |”
praviśati -
praviśat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

praviśat (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

praviśat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
gṛham -
gṛha (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

gṛhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

gṛh (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
śuṣkāsthi -
śuṣkāsthi (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
vaktre -
vaktṛ (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

vaktra (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

vaktra (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

vaktrā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
pradhānasya -
pradhāna (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

pradhāna (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
tasmin -
tad (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
vadhaḥ -
vadhar (noun, neuter)

[adverb]

vadha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
śṛṅkhalā -
śṛṅkhalā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
śīrṇa -
śīrṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śīrṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√śṝ -> śīrṇa (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √śṝ class 9 verb]

√śṝ -> śīrṇa (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √śṝ class 9 verb]
vallī -
vallī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

valli (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
varatrā -
varatrā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
adi -
ad (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ad (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
vā* -
vār (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

vār (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

va (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
bandhanam -
bandhana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

bandhana (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
copa -
√cup (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
gṛhyo -
pa -
pa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tiṣṭhed -
√sthā (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]
yadā -
yadā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yadā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yadā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yad (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
syāt -
syāt (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

syāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[optative active third single]
tadā* -
tadā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

tada (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
bandhanam -
bandhana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

bandhana (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
leḍhi -
√lih (verb class 2)

[present active third single]
pādau -
pāda (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

pādu (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
vidhunvan -
vidhunvat (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
Cannot analyse svakarṇāv*up
Cannot analyse uparyākramaṃścāpi*vi
vighnāya -
vighna (noun, masculine)

[dative single]
yātur -
yātu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yātṛ (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

yātṛ (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
virodhe -
virodha (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
virodhas -
virodha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tathā -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
svāṅga -
svāṅga (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

svāṅga (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kaṇḍūyane -
kaṇḍūyana (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
syāt -
syāt (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

syāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[optative active third single]
svapaṃś -
√svap -> svapat (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √svap class 2 verb], [vocative single from √svap class 2 verb]
co -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ūrdhvapādaḥ -
ūrdhvapāda (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sadā* -
sada (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

sadā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
doṣakṛt -
doṣakṛt (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

doṣakṛt (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
Cannot analyse 1
Line 5: “[varṇajaḥ ”
varṇajaḥ -
varṇaja (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

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Preview of verse 88.1 in Kannada sript:
ನೃತುರಗಕರಿಕುಮ್ಭಪರ್ಯಾಣಸಕ್ಷೀರವೃಕ್ಷೇಷ್ಟಕಾಸಞ್ಚಯಚ್ಛತ್ರಶಯ್ಯಾಸನೋಲೂಖಲಾನಿ ಧ್ವಜಂ ಚಾಮರಂ ಶಾದ್ವಲಂ ಪುಷ್ಪಿತಂ ವಾ ಪ್ರದೇಶಂ ಯದಾ ಶ್ವಾವಮೂತ್ರ್ಯಾಗ್ರತೋ ಯಾತಿ ಯಾತುಸ್ತದಾ ಕಾರ್ಯಸಿದ್ಧಿರ್ಭವೇದಾರ್ದ್ರಕೇ ಗೋಮಯೇ ಮಿಷ್ಟಭೋಜ್ಯಾಗಮಃ ಶುಷ್ಕಸಮ್ಮೂತ್ರಣೇ ಶುಷ್ಕಮನ್ನಂ ಗುಡೋ ಮೋದಕಾವಾಪ್ತಿರೇವಾಥ ವಾ ।
ಅಥ ವಿಷತರುಕಣ್ಠಕೀಕಾಷ್ಠಪಾಷಾಣಶುಷ್ಕದ್ರುಮಾಸ್ಥಿಶ್ಮಶಾನಾನಿ ಮೂತ್ರ್ಯಾವಹತ್ಯಾಥ ವಾ ಯಾಯಿನೋಽಗ್ರೇಸರೋಽನಿಷ್ಟಮಾಖ್ಯಾತಿ ಶಯ್ಯಾಕುಲಾಲಾದಿ ಭಾಣ್ಡಾನ್ಯಭುಕ್ತಾನ್ಯಭಿನ್ನಾನಿ ವಾ ಮೂತ್ರಯನ್ ಕನ್ಯಕಾದೋಷಕೃದ್ಭುಜ್ಯಮಾನಾನಿ ಚೇದ್ದುಷ್ಟತಾಂ ತದ್ಗೃಹಿಣ್ಯಾಸ್ತಥಾ ಸ್ಯಾದುಪಾನತ್ಫಲಂ ಗೋಸ್ತು ಸಮ್ಮೂತ್ರಣೇಽವರ್ಣಜಃ ಸಙ್ಕರಃ ॥
ಗಮನಮುಖಮುಪಾನಹಂ ಸಮ್ಪ್ರಗೃಹ್ಯೋಪತಿಷ್ಠೇದ್ ಯದಾ ಸ್ಯಾದ್ ತದಾ ಸಿದ್ಧಯೇ ಮಾಂಸಪೂರ್ಣಾನನೇಽರ್ಥಾಪ್ತಿರಾದ್ರೇಣ ಚಾಸ್ಥ್ನಾ ಶುಭಂ ಸಾಗ್ನ್ಯಲಾತೇನ ಶುಷ್ಕೇಣ ಚಾಸ್ಥ್ನಾ ಗೃಹೀತೇನ ಮೃತ್ಯುಃ ಪ್ರಶಾನ್ತೋಲ್ಮುಕೇನಾಭಿಘಾತೋಽಥ ಪುಂಸಃ ಶಿರೋಹಸ್ತಪಾದಾದಿ ವಕ್ತ್ರೇ ಭುವೋಽಭ್ಯಾಗಮೋ ವಸ್ತ್ರಚೀರಾದಿಭಿರ್ವ್ಯಾಪದಃ ಕೇ ಚಿದಾಹುಃ ಸವಸ್ತ್ರೇ ಶುಭಮ್ ।
ಪ್ರವಿಶತಿ ತು ಗೃಹಂ ಸಶುಷ್ಕಾಸ್ಥಿವಕ್ತ್ರೇ ಪ್ರಧಾನಸ್ಯ ತಸ್ಮಿನ್ವಧಃ ಶೃಙ್ಖಲಾಶೀರ್ಣವಲ್ಲೀವರತ್ರಾದಿ ವಾ ಬನ್ಧನಂ ಚೋಪಗೃಹ್ಯೋಪತಿಷ್ಠೇದ್ ಯದಾ ಸ್ಯಾತ್ತದಾ ಬನ್ಧನಂ ಲೇಢಿ ಪಾದೌ ವಿಧುನ್ವನ್ ಸ್ವಕರ್ಣಾವ್ ಉಪರ್ಯಾಕ್ರಮಂಶ್ಚಾಪಿ ವಿಘ್ನಾಯ ಯಾತುರ್ವಿರೋಧೇ ವಿರೋಧಸ್ತಥಾ ಸ್ವಾಙ್ಗಕಣ್ಡೂಯನೇ ಸ್ಯಾತ್ಸ್ವಪಂಶ್ಚೋರ್ಧ್ವಪಾದಃ ಸದಾ ದೋಷಕೃತ್ ॥ ೧ ॥
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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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Preview of verse 88.1 in Gujarati sript:
નૃતુરગકરિકુમ્ભપર્યાણસક્ષીરવૃક્ષેષ્ટકાસઞ્ચયચ્છત્રશય્યાસનોલૂખલાનિ ધ્વજં ચામરં શાદ્વલં પુષ્પિતં વા પ્રદેશં યદા શ્વાવમૂત્ર્યાગ્રતો યાતિ યાતુસ્તદા કાર્યસિદ્ધિર્ભવેદાર્દ્રકે ગોમયે મિષ્ટભોજ્યાગમઃ શુષ્કસમ્મૂત્રણે શુષ્કમન્નં ગુડો મોદકાવાપ્તિરેવાથ વા ।
અથ વિષતરુકણ્ઠકીકાષ્ઠપાષાણશુષ્કદ્રુમાસ્થિશ્મશાનાનિ મૂત્ર્યાવહત્યાથ વા યાયિનોઽગ્રેસરોઽનિષ્ટમાખ્યાતિ શય્યાકુલાલાદિ ભાણ્ડાન્યભુક્તાન્યભિન્નાનિ વા મૂત્રયન્ કન્યકાદોષકૃદ્ભુજ્યમાનાનિ ચેદ્દુષ્ટતાં તદ્ગૃહિણ્યાસ્તથા સ્યાદુપાનત્ફલં ગોસ્તુ સમ્મૂત્રણેઽવર્ણજઃ સઙ્કરઃ ॥
ગમનમુખમુપાનહં સમ્પ્રગૃહ્યોપતિષ્ઠેદ્ યદા સ્યાદ્ તદા સિદ્ધયે માંસપૂર્ણાનનેઽર્થાપ્તિરાદ્રેણ ચાસ્થ્ના શુભં સાગ્ન્યલાતેન શુષ્કેણ ચાસ્થ્ના ગૃહીતેન મૃત્યુઃ પ્રશાન્તોલ્મુકેનાભિઘાતોઽથ પુંસઃ શિરોહસ્તપાદાદિ વક્ત્રે ભુવોઽભ્યાગમો વસ્ત્રચીરાદિભિર્વ્યાપદઃ કે ચિદાહુઃ સવસ્ત્રે શુભમ્ ।
પ્રવિશતિ તુ ગૃહં સશુષ્કાસ્થિવક્ત્રે પ્રધાનસ્ય તસ્મિન્વધઃ શૃઙ્ખલાશીર્ણવલ્લીવરત્રાદિ વા બન્ધનં ચોપગૃહ્યોપતિષ્ઠેદ્ યદા સ્યાત્તદા બન્ધનં લેઢિ પાદૌ વિધુન્વન્ સ્વકર્ણાવ્ ઉપર્યાક્રમંશ્ચાપિ વિઘ્નાય યાતુર્વિરોધે વિરોધસ્તથા સ્વાઙ્ગકણ્ડૂયને સ્યાત્સ્વપંશ્ચોર્ધ્વપાદઃ સદા દોષકૃત્ ॥ ૧ ॥
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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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Last Updated: 14 December, 2023