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Yavanajataka by Sphujidhvaja [Sanskrit/English]
by Michael D Neely | 2018 | 97,362 words
The Sanskrit text and English translation of the Yavanajataka of Sphujidhvaja (circa 200 to 600 CE). The Yavana-jataka is an ancient text in Indian astrology possibly representing a versification of an earlier translation into Sanskrit of a Greek text, thought to have been written around 120 CE in Alexandria. This edition of the Yavanajataka also includes a word for word rendering from Sanskrit to English with parts of speech annotations. Note: There are a few inconclusive verses in this translation.
Verse 1.34
होरा प्रसिद्धाः ।
द्रेकाणसंज्ञाः प्रथितास्तथात्र चिन्ताकृतिप्राप्तिप्रकीर्तिताथ ॥३४॥
horā prasiddhāḥ |
drekāṇasaṃjñāḥ prathitāstathātra cintākṛtiprāptiprakīrtitātha ||34||
The horās are renowned… Thus, those named drekāṇas are declared. Likewise, here are those named from the portions by the compositions of the considerations.
English translation by Michael D Neely (2008)
Word-for-Word grammar analysis breakdown
horās (stem form: horā) (feminine, nominative, plural) = horās
prasiddhās (pra + 4th class verb root: sidh) (past passive participle, feminine, nominative, plural) = they are renowned
drekāṇa = Drekāṇa
saṃjñā = named
drekāṇasaṃjñās (stem form: drekāṇasaṃjñā) (feminine, nominative, plural) = those named drekāṇas
prathitās (1st class verb root: prath) (past passive participle, feminine, nominative, plural) = those are declared
tathā (adverb) (indeclinable) = thus atra (adverb) (indeclinable) = here
cintā = consideration
kṛti = composition prāpti = portion
prakīrtitā = named
cintākṛtiprāptiprakīrtitā (pra + 1st class verb root: kīrt) (past passive participle, feminine, nominative, plural) = those named from the portions by the compositions of the considerations
atha (adverb) (indeclinable) = likewise
Glossary of Sanskrit terms
Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (1.34). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Hora, Prasiddha, Dreka, Sanjna, Prathita, Tatha, Cinta, Akritin, Prakirtita, Han,
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.34
Yavanajātaka of Sphujidhvaja
by Michael D Neely (2008)
Edition includes original Sanskrit text, English translation and word-for-word analysis.