Bṛhatsaṃhitā - upanayanādhyāyaḥ (1r) Encoded by Lingyue Ma Cambridge University Library Additional Manuscripts MS Add.2329 Varāhamihira Bṛhatsaṃhitā Varāhisaṃhitā Sanskrit

Paper manuscript

11.5 26.7 12 folios Devanāgarī numerals, bottom right margin, verso Incomplete; the manuscript ends abruptly in the middle of chapter 18 8.5 22.5

Approximately 65 akṣaras per line; akṣara height ca. 2.5 mm; interlinear space ca. 1.5 mm

Double and triple marginal frame lines in black ink; verse numbers and chapter titles highlighted with red powder; deletions marked with yellow paste

Jaina Devanāgarī; the scribe alternates pṛṣṭhamātra and śiromātra vowel forms

Numerous marginal annotations and corrections; grantha and śloka counts noted on folio 12v and on the sleeve (graṃ° 1700; ślo° 1700)

Paper sleeve, original binding

 Cambridge University Library, MS Add.2329, fol. 1r oṃnamaḥśrīsarvavide | jayatijagataḥprasūtirviśvātmāsahajabhūṣaṇaṃnabhasaḥ | drutakanakasadṛśadaśaśatamayūkhamālārcitaḥsavitā || 1prathamamunikathitamavi tathagavalokyagraṃthavistarasyārthaṃ | nātilaghuvipularacanābhirudyataḥspaṣṭamabhidhātuṃ || 2 muniviracitamitiyacciraṃtanaṃsādhunamanujagrathitaṃ | tulyerthe'kṣarabhe dādamantrakekāviśeṣoktiḥ || 3 kṣititanayadivasavāronaśubhakṛditiyadipitāmahaprokte | kujadinamaniṣṭamitivāko'traviśeṣonṛdivyakṛteḥ || 4 ābrahmā diviniḥsṛtamālokyagranthavistaraṃkramaśaḥ | kriyamāṇakamevaetatsamāsato'tomamotsāhaḥ || 5 āsīttamaḥkiledaṃtatrāpāṃtaijase'bhavaddhaime | svarbhūśakalebrahmāviśvakṛdaṇḍe ’rkaśaśinayanaḥ || 6 kapilaḥpradhānamāhadravyādīnkaṇakabhugasyaśvasya | kālaṃkāraṇamekesvabhāvamaparejaguḥkarma || 7 tadalamativistareṇaprasaṅgavādārthanirṇayo'timaha an | jyotiḥśāstrāṅgānāṃvaktavyonirṇayo'tramayā || 8 jyotiḥśāstramanekabhedaviṣayaṃskandhatrayādhiṣṭhitaṃ tatkārtsnyopanayasyanāmamunibhiḥsaṃkīrtyatesaṃhitā | skandhe'smin gaṇitenayāgrahagatistantrābhidhānastvasau horānyo'ṅgaviniścayaścakathitaḥskandhastṛtīyo'paraḥ || 9 vakrānuvakrāstamayodayādyāstārāgrahāṇāṃkaraṇemayoktāḥ | horāgataṃvi staraśaścajanmayātrāvivāhaiḥsahapūrvamuktaṃ || 10 praśnapratipraśnakathāprasaṅgā svaśvalpopa yogāngrahasaṃbhavāmścasantyajyaphalgūnica sārabhūtaṃbhūtārthamarthaiḥsakalaṃpravakṣye || 11 itivarāhamiharasaṃhitayāṃśastrāpanayanaḥprathamo’dhyāyaḥ || athātaḥsāṃvatsarasū traṃvyākhyāsyāmaḥ | tatrasāṃvatsaro'bhijātaḥpriyadarśanovinītaveṣaḥsatyavā ganasūyakaḥsamaḥsusaṃhitopacitagātrasandhiravikalaścārukaracaraṇanakha nayanacibukadaśanaśravaṇalalāṭabhrūttamāṅgovapuṣmāngambhīrodāttā ghoṣaḥ | prāyaḥśarīrākārānuvarttinohiguṇāścadoṣāścabhavanti | tatraguṇāḥśucirdakṣaḥ | pragalbho vāgmīpratibhānavāndeśakālavitsāttvikonaparṣadbhīruḥsahādhyāyi bhiranabhibhavanīyaḥkuśalo'vyasanī śāntikapauṣṭikabhicārasnānavidyābhijñovibu dhārcanavratopavāsanirataḥsvatantrāścaryotpāditaprabhāvaḥ pṛṣṭābhidhāyyanyatradaivātya yādgrahagaṇitasaṃhitāhorāgranthārthavetteti | tatragrahagaṇitepauliśaromakavāsiṣṭhasaurapaitāmaheṣu pañcasveteṣusiddhānteṣuyugavarṣāyanartumāsapakṣāhorātrayāmamuhūrtanāḍīvināḍī nāḍīprāṇatruṭitruṭyādyavayavādikasya kālasyakṣetrasyacavettā | caturṇāṃcamānāsānāṃsaurasāvananākṣatracāndrāṇām adhimāsakāvamasaṃbhavasyacakāraṇābhijñaḥ | ṣaṣṭyabdayugavarṣamāsadinahorā dhipatīnāṃpratipatticchedavit | saurādīnāṃcamānānāmasadṛśasadṛśayogyāyogyatvapratipādanapaṭuḥ | siddhāntabhede'pyayananivṛttaupratyakṣaṃ samamaṇḍalalekhāsamprayogābhyuditāṃśakānāṃca chāyājalayantradṛggaṇitasāmyenapratipādanakuśalaḥ | sūryādīnāṃcagrahāṇāṃśīghramandayāmyottaranīcoccagatikāraṇābhijñaḥ | sūryacandramasoścagrahaṇegrahaṇādimokṣakāladikpramāṇasthi tivimardavarṇādeśānāmanāgatagrahasamāgamayuddhānāmādeṣṭā | pratyekagrahabhramaṇayojanakakṣyāpramāṇaprativiṣayayojanaparicchedakuśalaḥ | bhūbhagaṇabhramaṇasaṃsthānādyakṣā valambakāharvyāsacaradalakālarāśyudayacchāyānāḍīkaraṇaprabhṛtiṣu kṣetrakālakaraṇeṣvabhijñaḥ | nānācodyapraśnabhedopalabdhijanitavāksāronikaṣasantāpābhini veśaiḥkanakasyevādhikataramamalīkṛtasyavaktātantrajñobhavati | napratibaddhaṃgamayativaktinacapraśnamekamapipṛṣṭaḥ | nigadatinacaśiṣyebhyaḥ BIBLIOGRAPHY Jhā, Achyutānanda (ed.). BṛhatSaṃhitā of Varāhamihira. Varanasi: Chaukhambha Vidya Bhawan, 2017. Iyer, N. Chidambaram (trans.). Brhat-Samhita of Varāhamihira: Sanskrit Text, English Translation, Important Notes & Index of Verses. Delhi: Parimal Publications, 2022. WisdomLib. “Bṛhatsaṃhitā (Sanskrit and English versions).” https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/brihat-samhita-sanskrit (accessed 2026-02-09). https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/brihat-samhita (accessed 2026-02-09).