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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 1.40
क्षेत्राधिपाद्याः पुनरुक्तवर्जं क्षेत्राधिपानां प्रवदन्ति सप्त ।
तद्वत् स्वराश्यादिगृहेश्वराणामुक्ता गृहे द्वादशभागसंज्ञाः ॥४०॥
kṣetrādhipādyāḥ punaruktavarjaṃ kṣetrādhipānāṃ pravadanti sapta |
tadvat svarāśyādigṛheśvarāṇāmuktā gṛhe dvādaśabhāgasaṃjñāḥ ||40||
Those beginning with the lord of the zodiac sign are declared the seven of the lords of the zodiac sign, excluding the indicated repetitions. Likewise, of the lords of the zodiac signs beginning with one’s own zodiac sign, those named twelve portions are declared in the zodiac sign.
English translation by Michael D Neely (2008)
Word-for-Word grammar analysis breakdown
kṣetra = zodiac sign
adhipa = lord
ādya = beginning with
kṣetrādhipādyās (stem form: kṣetrādhipādya) (masculine, nominative, plural) = those beginning with the lord of the zodiac sign
punar = repetition
ukta = indicated varja = excluding
punaruktavarjam (adverb) (indeclinable) = excluding the indicated repetitions
kṣetra = zodiac sign
adhipa = lord
kṣetrādhipānām (stem form: kṣetrādhipa) (masculine, nominative, plural) = of the lords of zodiac sign
pravadanti (pra + 1st class verb root: vad) (present indicative, parasmaipada, 3rd person, plural) = they declared
sapta (stem form: saptan) (neuter, accusative, singular) = seven
tadvat (adverb) (indeclinable) = likewise
sva = one’s own
rāśi = zodiac sign
ādi = beginning with
gṛha = zodiac sign īśvara = lord
svarāśyādigṛheśvarāṇām (stem form: svarāśyādigṛheśvara) (masculine, genitive, plural) = of the lords of the zodiac signs beginning with one’s own zodiac sign
uktās (2nd class verb root: vac) (past passive participle, masculine, nominative, plural) = those declared
gṛhe (stem form: gṛha) (neuter, locative, singular) = in the zodiac sign
dvādaśa = twelve
bhāga = portion saṃjña = named
dvādaśabhāgasaṃjñās (stem form: dvādaśabhāgasaṃjña) (masculine, nominative, plural) = those named twelve portions
Glossary of Sanskrit terms
Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (1.40). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Kshetradhipa, Punarukta, Varjam, Varja, Pravat, Anti, Sapta, Saptan, Tadvat, Svara, Ashi, Ashin, Ashya, Adish, Han, Ishvara, Ukta, Grih, Griha, Dvadashabhaga, Sanjna,
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.40
Yavanajātaka of Sphujidhvaja
by Michael D Neely (2008)
Edition includes original Sanskrit text, English translation and word-for-word analysis.