PRIMARY SANSKRIT SHASTRA CORPUS (18 CANONICAL WORKS)Brihat Samhita (Bṛhat Saṃhitā)
In the classical Sanskrit astronomical curriculum, Brihat Samhita (Bṛhat Saṃhitā) was composed by Varahamihira of Ujjayini during the sixth century common era for the Samhita (Mundane Astronomy and Transits) division of sidereal Jyotish. Within jyotish_corpus_core_v3, Brihat Samhita spans 2,308 verified passages, 2,109 chapter-tagged segments (91.38%), and 1,835 numbered shlokas.
Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira of Ujjayini encompasses 106 Encyclopedic Chapters in its preserved Sanskrit recension. Its doctrinal contribution to the sidereal horoscopic canon covers planetary heliacal risings, retrograde loops, Rahu and Ketu eclipse theory, Nakshatra Mandala rulings, planetary war (Graha Yuddha), and Gochara transit laws.
PROVENANCE & EDITION AUDITIndexed Editions, Shingle Deduplication & Verse Precision of Brihat Samhita
During the compilation of jyotish_corpus_core_v3, archival scans of Brihat Samhita underwent optical character recognition cleaning and five-word shingle deduplication. Automated boundary parsers extracted explicit chapter and shloka numbers across all preserved manuscripts of Brihat Samhita. Every verified passage of Brihat Samhita is embedded into a 1,024-dimensional vector space using bge-m3 for exact chapter retrieval.
| Source Identifier | Verified Passages | Chapter Coverage | Citation Protocol |
|---|---|---|---|
archive_brihatsamhitaenglishtranslationchidambaramiyersatgurupublications_567_i |
1,117 passages |
1,099 ch / 987 v |
Follows the archival public-domain ceiling of 110 words per quoted excerpt for this edition of Brihat Samhita. |
archive_brihatsamhitavarahamihirabruhatsubrahmanyasastriv.missingpages537756757_284_s |
1,191 passages |
1,010 ch / 848 v |
Follows the archival public-domain ceiling of 110 words per quoted excerpt for this edition of Brihat Samhita. |
DOCTRINAL SCOPE & TAXONOMIC COVERAGEMathematical & Horoscopic Doctrines Codified in Brihat Samhita
Within the eighteen-treatise concordance of Astrowikipedia, Brihat Samhita fulfills a clear methodological function: codifies the samhita branch by linking observational planetary phenomena and eclipse geometry to the twenty-seven lunar mansions. Taxonomic indexing of Brihat Samhita links 1,035 passages to planetary Graha mechanics and 136 passages to Bhava house significations. Another 153 passages of Brihat Samhita cover divisional varga harmonics, while 160 passages address quantitative planetary strength.
| Taxonomic Pillar | Indexed Passages | Analytical Application |
|---|---|---|
| Planetary Grahas | 1,035 passages |
Codifies planetary longitudinal dignities, synodic aspects, and natural karaka rules across the chapters of Brihat Samhita. |
| Horoscopic Bhavas | 136 passages |
Evaluates Kendra quadrants, Trikona trines, Upachaya growth houses, and Dusthana house results within Brihat Samhita. |
| Divisional Harmonics | 153 passages |
Synthesizes natal Rashi ( |
| Nakshatras & Sutras | 477 passages |
Records lunar mansion nakshatra rulings, sutra aphorisms, and electional or synastry kuta rules in Brihat Samhita. |
VERBATIM CORPUS FOLIO & TEXTUAL EXEGESISVerified Folio Excerpt from Brihat Samhita
This archival passage comes from Brihat Samhita (Source ID archive_brihatsamhitavarahamihirabruhatsubrahmanyasastriv.missingpages537756757_284_s, Chapter 86, Verse 83) in jyotish_corpus_core_v3. Every citation from Brihat Samhita preserves strict fair-use word ceilings while anchoring statements to verifiable Sanskrit chapter boundaries.
CORPUSPROVENANCE: Brihat Samhita | SourceID: archive_brihatsamhitavarahamihirabruhatsubrahmanyasastriv.missingpages537756757_284_s | Chapter 86, Verse 83 "Sloka 83, Slokas 83 84 couch conch Sloka 16 Sloka 17 628 last but one yellow) yellow), 637 Transpose 'vessel' in the 3rd line as the first word in the2a: 646 line 23 For mangooses Read mongooses Sloka 31 Sloka 37 Top AdhLXXXVIAdhLXXXVIISloka 62 Sloka 26 , Top"
Cross-referencing Brihat Samhita against parallel chapters in Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra, Brihat Jataka, and Phaladeepika separates shared Parashari axioms from regional commentarial rules in Brihat Samhita.
SUTRA BLACK LABEL · INDIVIDUAL EPHEMERIS SYNTHESISQuery Brihat Samhita Verses Against Individual Birth-Second Charts
This encyclopedia entry catalogs the structure and corpus metrics of Brihat Samhita. To run live vector retrieval across all 2,308 indexed passages of Brihat Samhita matched to individual birth-second DE441
2,308 Brihat Samhita PassagesDE441Ephemeris (0.001°)9-Family Shloka Matching16 Shodashavarga Charts
