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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 1.61
त्रिंशल्लवानेव तु कण्टकाख्यान् वदन्ति केन्द्रेषु चतुर्षु लग्नात् ।
स्वे स्वे गृहे तु स्वगृहांशकाख्या वर्गोत्तमाख्या यवनैर्निरुक्ताः ॥६१॥
triṃśallavāneva tu kaṇṭakākhyān vadanti kendreṣu caturṣu lagnāt |
sve sve gṛhe tu svagṛhāṃśakākhyā vargottamākhyā yavanairniruktāḥ ||61||
But among those four angles from the lagna, those are known as the thirty degree kaṇṭakas (spikes). But those designated navāṃśas in one’s own zodiac sign, each in their own zodiac sign, are defined as the named vargottamas (best of the vargas) by the Yavanas.
English translation by Michael D Neely (2008)
Word-for-Word grammar analysis breakdown
triṃśat = thirty
lava = degree
triṃśallavān (stem form: triṃśallava) (masculine, accusative, plural) = thirty degrees
eva (adverb) (indeclinable) = indeed tu (conjunction) (indeclinable) = but
kaṇṭaka = kaṇṭaka (spike)
ākhya = named
kaṇṭakākhyān (stem form: kaṇṭakākhya) (masculine, accusative, plural) = those named kaṇṭakas (spikes)
vadanti (1st class verb root: vad) (present indicative, parasmaipada, 3rd person, plural) = those are known
kendreṣu (stem form: kendra) (neuter, locative, plural) = among angles
caturṣu (stem form: catur) (neuter, locative, plural) = among those four
lagnāt (1st class verb root: lag) (past passive participle, masculine, ablative, singular) = from the lagna
sve sve (stem form: sva sva) (masculine, locative, singular) = each in their own
gṛhe (stem form: gṛha) (masculine, locative, singular) = in the zodiac sign
tu (conjunction) (indeclinable) = but
sva = one’s own
gṛha = zodiac sign
aṃśaka = navāṃśa ākhya = designated
svagṛhāṃśakākhyās (stem form: svagṛhāṃśakākhya) (masculine, nominative, plural) = those designated navāṃśas in one’s own zodiac sign
vargottama = vargottama (best of the vargas)
ākhya = named
vargottamākhyās (stem form: vargottamākhya) (masculine, nominative, plural) = named vargottamas (best of the vargas)
yavanais (stem form: yavana) (masculine, instrumental, plural) = by the Yavanas
niruktās (nir + 2nd class verb root: vac) (past passive participle, masculine, nominative, plural) = those defined
Glossary of Sanskrit terms
Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (1.61). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Trimshat, Lava, Eva, Kantakakhya, Vadat, Vadanti, Kendra, Shu, Lagna, Sva, Grih, Griha, Svagriha, Amshaka, Vargottama, Yavana, Nirukta,
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.61
Yavanajātaka of Sphujidhvaja
by Michael D Neely (2008)
Edition includes original Sanskrit text, English translation and word-for-word analysis.