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.

शुद्धैर्द्वादशकेन्द्रनैधनगृहैः पापैस्त्रिषष्ठायगैर्लग्ने केन्द्रगतेऽथ वा सुरगुरौ दैत्येन्द्रपूज्येऽपि वा ।
सर्वारम्भफलप्रसिद्धिरुदये राशौ च कर्तुः शुभे सग्राम्यस्थिरभोदये च भवनं कार्यं प्रवेशोऽपि वा ॥ १६ ॥

śuddhairdvādaśakendranaidhanagṛhaiḥ pāpaistriṣaṣṭhāyagairlagne kendragate'tha vā suragurau daityendrapūjye'pi vā |
sarvārambhaphalaprasiddhirudaye rāśau ca kartuḥ śubhe sagrāmyasthirabhodaye ca bhavanaṃ kāryaṃ praveśo'pi vā || 16 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 97.16 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 (97.16). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shuddha, Dvadashaka, Indra, Naidhana, Griha, Papa, Shashtha, Lagna, Kendra, Gat, Gata, Gati, Atha, Suraguru, Daityendrapujya, Api, Sarvarambha, Phala, Prasiddhi, Udaya, Rashi, Kartri, Kartu, Shubha, Shubh, Gramin, Gramya, Asthira, Bha, Bhu, Bhavana, Karya, Pravesha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 97.16). 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: “śuddhairdvādaśakendranaidhanagṛhaiḥ pāpaistriṣaṣṭhāyagairlagne kendragate'tha suragurau daityendrapūjye'pi
  • śuddhair -
  • śuddha (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    śuddha (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
    śudh -> śuddha (participle, masculine)
    [instrumental plural from √śudh class 1 verb], [instrumental plural from √śudh class 4 verb]
    śudh -> śuddha (participle, neuter)
    [instrumental plural from √śudh class 1 verb], [instrumental plural from √śudh class 4 verb]
  • dvādaśake -
  • dvādaśaka (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    dvādaśaka (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • indra -
  • indra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • naidhana -
  • naidhana (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    naidhana (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • gṛhaiḥ -
  • gṛha (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • pāpais -
  • pāpa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    pāpa (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • tri -
  • tri (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • ṣaṣṭhāya -
  • ṣaṣṭha (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    ṣaṣṭha (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
  • gair -
  • ga (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    ga (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • lagne -
  • lagna (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    lagna (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    lagnā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    lag -> lagna (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √lag class 1 verb]
    lag -> lagna (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √lag class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √lag class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √lag class 1 verb], [locative single from √lag class 1 verb]
    lag -> lagnā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative dual from √lag class 1 verb], [vocative single from √lag class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √lag class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √lag class 1 verb]
  • kendra -
  • kendra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • gate' -
  • gat (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    gat (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
    gata (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    gata (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    gatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    gati (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    gati (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • atha -
  • atha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • -
  • (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • suragurau -
  • suraguru (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • daityendrapūjye' -
  • daityendrapūjya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    api (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • -
  • (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • Line 2: “sarvārambhaphalaprasiddhirudaye rāśau ca kartuḥ śubhe sagrāmyasthirabhodaye ca bhavanaṃ kāryaṃ praveśo'pi
  • sarvārambha -
  • sarvārambha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • phala -
  • phala (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    phala (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    phal (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • prasiddhir -
  • prasiddhi (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • udaye -
  • udaya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • rāśau -
  • rāśi (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kartuḥ -
  • kartṛ (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    kartu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    kartu (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • śubhe -
  • śubha (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    śubha (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    śubhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    śubh (noun, feminine)
    [dative single]
    śubh (verb class 6)
    [present middle first single]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • grāmya -
  • grāmin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single]
    grāmin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    grāmya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    grāmya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • asthira -
  • asthira (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    asthira (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bho -
  • bha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    bhā (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    bhu (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    bhu (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • udaye -
  • udaya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bhavanam -
  • bhavana (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    bhavana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • kāryam -
  • kārya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kārya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    kāryā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    kṛ -> kārya (participle, masculine)
    [adverb from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kārya (participle, neuter)
    [adverb from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kāryā (participle, feminine)
    [adverb from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kārya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kārya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ], [accusative single from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kārya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √kṛ class 3 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 6 verb]
    kṛ -> kārya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √kṛ class 3 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 3 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 6 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 6 verb]
    kṝ -> kārya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √kṝ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṝ class 9 verb]
    kṝ -> kārya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √kṝ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṝ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṝ class 9 verb], [accusative single from √kṝ class 9 verb]
  • praveśo' -
  • praveśa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    api (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • -
  • (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 97.16

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 97.16 in Kannada sript:
ಶುದ್ಧೈರ್ದ್ವಾದಶಕೇನ್ದ್ರನೈಧನಗೃಹೈಃ ಪಾಪೈಸ್ತ್ರಿಷಷ್ಠಾಯಗೈರ್ಲಗ್ನೇ ಕೇನ್ದ್ರಗತೇಽಥ ವಾ ಸುರಗುರೌ ದೈತ್ಯೇನ್ದ್ರಪೂಜ್ಯೇಽಪಿ ವಾ ।
ಸರ್ವಾರಮ್ಭಫಲಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧಿರುದಯೇ ರಾಶೌ ಚ ಕರ್ತುಃ ಶುಭೇ ಸಗ್ರಾಮ್ಯಸ್ಥಿರಭೋದಯೇ ಚ ಭವನಂ ಕಾರ್ಯಂ ಪ್ರವೇಶೋಽಪಿ ವಾ ॥ ೧೬ ॥

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 97.16 in Gujarati sript:
શુદ્ધૈર્દ્વાદશકેન્દ્રનૈધનગૃહૈઃ પાપૈસ્ત્રિષષ્ઠાયગૈર્લગ્ને કેન્દ્રગતેઽથ વા સુરગુરૌ દૈત્યેન્દ્રપૂજ્યેઽપિ વા ।
સર્વારમ્ભફલપ્રસિદ્ધિરુદયે રાશૌ ચ કર્તુઃ શુભે સગ્રામ્યસ્થિરભોદયે ચ ભવનં કાર્યં પ્રવેશોઽપિ વા ॥ ૧૬ ॥

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 97.16 in Kannada sript:
ಶುದ್ಧೈರ್ದ್ವಾದಶಕೇನ್ದ್ರನೈಧನಗೃಹೈಃ ಪಾಪೈಸ್ತ್ರಿಷಷ್ಠಾಯಗೈರ್ಲಗ್ನೇ ಕೇನ್ದ್ರಗತೇಽಥ ವಾ ಸುರಗುರೌ ದೈತ್ಯೇನ್ದ್ರಪೂಜ್ಯೇಽಪಿ ವಾ ।
ಸರ್ವಾರಮ್ಭಫಲಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧಿರುದಯೇ ರಾಶೌ ಚ ಕರ್ತುಃ ಶುಭೇ ಸಗ್ರಾಮ್ಯಸ್ಥಿರಭೋದಯೇ ಚ ಭವನಂ ಕಾರ್ಯಂ ಪ್ರವೇಶೋಽಪಿ ವಾ ॥ ೧೬ ॥

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