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the free encyclopedia 6th century sanskrit language encyclopedia bṛhat saṃhitā a is a 6th century sanskrit language encyclopedia compiled by varāhamihira in present day ujjain india besides the author s area of expertise astrology and astronomy the work contains a wide variety of other topics his book is divided into 3 sections namely tantra hora and samhita contents edit according to the penultimate verse of the text it contains 100 chapters in less than 4000 shlokas verses sudhakara dvivedi s edition of the text with utpala s commentary contains 105 chapters plus the last chapter containing the table of contents h kern s edition contains an additional chapter 36 titled raja lakshnam according to utpala varahamihira excludes five chapters from the contents thus arriving at 100 as the number of chapters however varahamihira himself excludes 3 more chapters from the table of contents bringing the number of chapters to only 97 so it is not clear how exactly is the number 100 is arrived at 3 utpala cites the authorship of one of the excluded chapters to vidhya vasin he also declares four verses to be spurious and does not comment on two additional verses which suggests that these may be later interpolations 4 list of chapters from m ramakrishna bhat s edition 5 introduction canons for astrologers transit of the sun transit of the moon course of rahu transit of mars transit of mercury course of jupiter course of venus transit of saturn comets canopus course of the seven sages big dipper divisions of globe stellar rulership planetary rulership planetary wars conjunction of the moon with planets of stars planetary years and effects the planetary triangle pregnancy of clouds retention of embryo rainfall the moon s conjunction with rohini the moon s conjunction with svati the moon s conjunction with asadha the wind circle signs of immediate rain prognostics from flowers and creepers indications at dawn and twilight glow at the horizon signs of earthquake signs of meteors characteristics of halos signs of rainbows signs of aerial city mock suns indications of haze symptoms of hurricane growth of crops classification of substances fluctuations of prices glory of indra s banner lustration ceremony the wagtail portentous phenomena motley miscellany royal ablution signs of crowns signs of swords science of limbs characteristics of pimples architecture exploration of water springs treatment of trees description of temples preparation of adamantine glue description of idols entering forest installation of images features of cows characteristics of dogs signs of cocks characteristics of toroises signs of goats characteristics of horses signs of elephants signs of men signs of the great five men characteristics of maidens omens from slits of garments signs of chowries signs of umbrellas praise of women winning of affection erotic recipes preparation of perfumes union of man and woman signs of couches and seats examination of gems signs of pearls signs of rubies signs of emeralds signs of lamps token of tooth sticks omens through birds and beasts the circle of quarters cries of birds and beasts the circle of dogs the cries of jackals behaviour of wild animals intention of cows intention of horses attitude of elephants cries of crows further omens time of fruition of effects functions and properties of asterisms functions and properties of lunar days qualities of the karanas effects of birth in the asterisms division of the zodiac planetary combinations at marriage transits of planets worship of the stellar day conclusion the contents of the text fall into two major categories anga and upanga the anga discusses divination based on planets asterisms and zodiac signs the upanga discusses a wide variety of other topics as listed above varāhamihira does not discuss several traditional topics which he considers legendary and unscientific 6 the text displays varāhamihira s skill as a poet 7 it uses at least 63 different metres arya being the most frequent in the brihat samhita 8 manuscripts of bṛhat saṃhitā ms cambridge cul add 1706 a 1279 ce palm leaf manuscript in nepalaksara script originally from a buddhist monastery ms cambridge cul ms add 2329 a manuscript in devanagari script originally from a jain temple manuscript with utpala s commentary in grantha script influence edit varāhamihira s text became far more popular than earlier similar texts because of its comprehensiveness lucidity appealing presentation and literary merit he wrote an abridged version of the text samāsa saṃhitā which is now lost and is known only from utpala s commentary on brhat samhita 9 according to varāhamihira in some verses he was merely summarizing earlier existing literature on astronomy shilpa sastra and temple architecture yet his presentation of different theories and models of design are among the earliest texts that have survived 10 11 several chapters of the text such as chitraymayura drgargala jalagala shastra and prasada lakshana were studied as independent treatises by later scholars who regarded varāhamihira as an authority on a variety of topics 12 11th century iranian scholar al biruni also quotes brhat samhita 13 abd al aziz ibn shams ibn baha nuri dihlavwi fl c 1350 1375 composed tarjamah i barahi a persian translation of brhat samhita for the delhi sultan firuz shah tughluq 14 for modern scholars the wide range of the text makes it a very useful source of history about the contemporary period 6 editions edit printed editions and translations of the text include 15 1895 97 varanasi edited with bhattotpala s commentary by sudhakara dvivedi 2 volumes 1865 calcutta edited by h kern 1870 1875 english translation by h kern in journal of the royal asiatic society 1947 bangalore text with english translation by v subrahmanya sastri and m ramakrishna bhat 2 volumes notes edit iast bṛhat saṃhitā also transliterated as brihat samhita 1 also known as varāhi saṃhitā 2 references edit ariel glucklich 2008 the strides of vishnu hindu culture in historical perspective oxford university press p 10 isbn 978 0 19 971825 2 a m shastri 1991 pp 19 20 a m shastri 1969 pp 37 38 a m shastri 1969 p 38 m r bhatt 1996 contents 1 2 a m shastri 1991 p 21 a m shastri 1969 p 37 a m shastri 1969 p 15 a m shastri 1991 p 22 michael meister 2003 gudrun bühnemann ed maṇḍalas and yantras in the hindu traditions brill academic pp 251 260 isbn 90 04 12902 2 t a gopinatha rao 1985 elements of hindu iconography motilal banarsidass pp 25 58 59 isbn 978 81 208 0878 2 a m shastri 1991 pp 21 22 varahamihira m ramakrishna bhat 1996 brhat samhita of varahamihira part 2 motilal banarsidass pp 960 961 isbn 978 81 208 1060 0 david pingree ed 1970 census of the exact sciences in sanskrit series a vol 1 american philosophical society p 13 a m shastri 1991 p 216 bibliography edit a m shastri 1991 varāhamihira and his times kusumanjali oclc 28644897 a m shastri 1969 india as seen in the bṛhatsaṁhitā of varāhamihira motilal banarsidass isbn 9780896842212 m ramakrishna bhat ed 1996 1981 1982 varāhamihira s bṛhat saṁhitā with english translation exhaustive notes and literary comments second ed motilal banarsidass isbn 9788120810600 external links edit sanskrit text and english translation 1946 by v subrahmanya sastri and m ramakrishna bhat sanskrit text 1865 edited by h kern authority control databases international viaf gnd national united states france bnf data poland retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title bṛhat_saṃhitā oldid 1377056833 categories works by varāhamihira sanskrit language encyclopedias indian encyclopedias hidden categories articles with short description short description is different from wikidata use dmy dates from august 2025 use indian english from august 2025 all wikipedia articles written in indian english this page was last edited on 27 september 2026 at 18 14 utc page was rendered with parsoid text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike 4 0 license 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