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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 1.41
आद्यांशका मेषमृगाख्यतौलिकर्कीश्वराणां प्रथमादिषूक्ताः ।
तेषां प्रसंख्यया गृहैस्तदाद्यैर्नवांशका द्विद्विगृहेश्वराणाम् ॥४१॥
ādyāṃśakā meṣamṛgākhyataulikarkīśvarāṇāṃ prathamādiṣūktāḥ |
teṣāṃ prasaṃkhyayā gṛhaistadādyairnavāṃśakā dvidvigṛheśvarāṇām ||41||
Among those beginning with the first (Aries), the first navāṃśas of those are declared of the lords of Aries, Capricorn, Libra, and Cancer. With the total number, by the zodiac signs beginning with those are the portions of the navāṃśas of the lords of the four zodiac signs.
English translation by Michael D Neely (2008)
Word-for-Word grammar analysis breakdown
ādya = first
aṃśaka = portion [navāṃśa]
ādyāṃśakās (stem form: ādyāṃśaka) (masculine, nominative, plural) = first navāṃśas
meṣa = Aries
mṛgākhya = Capricorn taulin = Libra
karki = Cancer
īśvara = lord
meṣamṛgākhyataulikarkīśvarāṇām (stem from: meṣamṛgākhyataulikarkīśvara) (masculine, genitive, plural) = of the lords of Aries, Capricorn, Libra, and Cancer
prathama = first (Aries)
ādi = beginning with
prathamādiṣu (stem form: prathamādi) (masculine, locative, plural) = among those beginning with the first (Aries)
uktās (2nd class verb root: vac) (past passive participle, masculine, nominative, plural) = those declared
teṣām (pronoun, 3rd person, masculine, genitive, plural) = of those
prasaṃkhyayā (stem form: prasaṃkhyā) (feminine, instrumental, singular) = with the total number
gṛhais (stem form: gṛha) (masculine, instrumental, plural) = with the zodiac signs
tad = that
ādya = beginning with
tadādyais (stem form: tadādya) (masculine, instrumental, plural) = with those beginning with those
navāṃśakās (stem form: navāṃśaka) (masculine, nominative, plural) = portions of the navāṃśas
dvidvi = 2x2 (four)
gṛha = zodiac sign īśvara = lord
dvidvigṛheśvarāṇām (stem form: dvidvigṛheśvara) (masculine, genitive, plural) = of the lords of the four zodiac signs
Glossary of Sanskrit terms
Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (1.41). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Adi, Adya, Shaka, Mesha, Ric, Akhya, Taulika, Ishvara, Prathama, Ishu, Ukta, Tad, Prasankhya, Griha, Tadadi,
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.41
Yavanajātaka of Sphujidhvaja
by Michael D Neely (2008)
Edition includes original Sanskrit text, English translation and word-for-word analysis.