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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 2.42
आद्या नरः कुम्भधरे तु होरा कृष्णांजनाभो विकरालदंष्ट्रः ।
मलीमसश्चर्मविलासवासा रसैक्षवेम्यश्च सरः करोति ॥४२॥
ādyā naraḥ kumbhadhare tu horā kṛṣṇāṃjanābho vikarāladaṃṣṭraḥ |
malīmasaścarmavilāsavāsā rasaikṣavemyaśca saraḥ karoti ||42||
The first horā in Aquarius is a man resembling black collyrium, with frightful teeth, dirty, and [wearing] a garment of elegant leather making liquid made from those juicy.
English translation by Michael D Neely (2008)
Word-for-Word grammar analysis breakdown
sugar-canes.
ādyā (stem form: ādyā) (feminine, nominative, singular) = first
naras (stem form: nara) (masculine, nominative, singular) = man
kumbha = pitcher
dhara = carrying
kumbhadhare (stem form: kumbhadhara) (masculine, locative, singular) = in carrying a pitcher (Aquarius)
tu (conjunction) (indeclinable) = but
horā (stem form: horā) (feminine, nominative, singular) = horā
kṛṣṇa = black
aṃjana = collyrium ābha = resembling
kṛṣṇāṃjanābhas (stem form: kṛṣṇāṃjanābha) (masculine, nominative, singular) = resembling black collyrium
vikarāla = frightful
daṃṣṭra = teeth
vikarāladaṃṣṭras (stem form: vikarāladaṃṣṭra) (masculine, nominative, singular) = frightful teeth
malīmasas (stem form: malīmasa) (masculine, nominative, singular) = dirty
carman = leather
vilāsa = elegance vāsā = garment
carmavilāsavāsā (stem form: carmavilāsavāsas) (masculine, nominative, singular) = garment of elegant leather
rasya = juicy
aikṣava = made of sugar-cane
rasyaikṣavebhyas (stem form: rasaikṣavemya) (neuter, ablative, plural) = made from those juicy sugar-canes
ca (conjunction) (indeclinable) = and
saras (stem form: sara) (neuter, accusative, singular) = liquid
karoti (8th class verb root: kṛ) (present indicative, parasmaipada, 3rd person, singular) = one makes
Glossary of Sanskrit terms
Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (2.42). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Adi, Adya, Nara, Nri, Kumbhadhara, Hora, Krishnanjana, Vikarala, Damshtra, Malimasa, Carma, Carman, Vilasa, Vasa, Rasa, Aikshava, Yah, Sara, Saras, Karoti,
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 2.42
Yavanajātaka of Sphujidhvaja
by Michael D Neely (2008)
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