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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 2.7
चतुष्पदा वेष्टितरश्मिकाया तृष्णावृता भक्षणजातिभावा ।
आद्या वृषे तु स्तनभारशोभा होरा नितम्बी ज्वललम्बकांची ॥७॥
catuṣpadā veṣṭitaraśmikāyā tṛṣṇāvṛtā bhakṣaṇajātibhāvā |
ādyā vṛṣe tu stanabhāraśobhā horā nitambī jvalalambakāṃcī ||7||
Four-footed, body wrapped with cord, affected by thirst; state with a disposition towards eating, but beautiful plump breasts, large and beautiful hips, and a bright, pendant girdle is the first horā in Taurus.
English translation by Michael D Neely (2008)
Word-for-Word grammar analysis breakdown
catur = four
padā = foot
catuṣpadā (stem form: catuṣpadā) (feminine, nominative, singular) = four-footed
veṣṭita = wrapped
raśmi = cord kāyā = body
veṣṭitaraśmikāyā (stem form: veṣṭitaraśmikāyā) (feminine, nominative, singular) = body wrapped with cord
tṛṣṇā = thirst
vṛtā = affected
tṛṣṇāvṛtā (9th class verb root: vṛ) (past passive participle, feminine, nominative, singular) = affected by thirst
bhakṣaṇa = eating
jāti = disposition bhāvā = state
bhakṣaṇajātibhāvā (stem form: bhakṣaṇajātibhāvā) (feminine, nominative, singular) = state with a disposition towards eating
ādyā (stem form: ādyā) (feminine, nominative, singular) = first
vṛṣe (stem form: vṛṣa) (masculine, locative, singular) = in Taurus
tu (conjunction) (indeclinable) = but
stana = breast
bhāra = plump śobhā = beautiful
stanabhāraśobhā (stem form: stanabhāraśobhā) (feminine, nominative, singular) = beautiful plump breasts
horā (stem form: horā) (feminine, nominative, singular) = horā
nitambī (stem form: nitambī) (feminine, nominative, singular) = large and beautiful hips
jvala = bright
lamba = pendant kāṃcī = girdle
jvalalambakāṃcī (stem form: jvalalambakāṃcī) (feminine, nominative, singular) = bright, pendant girdle
Glossary of Sanskrit terms
Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (2.7). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Catushpada, Veshtita, Rashmi, Kaya, Trishna, Avrita, Bhakshana, Jati, Bha, Adi, Adya, Vrisha, Vrishi, Stana, Bhara, Shobha, Hora, Nitambin, Jvala, Lamba, Kanci,
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 2.7
Yavanajātaka of Sphujidhvaja
by Michael D Neely (2008)
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