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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 3.15
नारी प्रगल्भा विरलाग्रकेशी शैले परस्वाहरणेषु दृप्ता ।
तस्य प्रमारं च करोति भीमा सिंहेऽपरा मौष्टिकतुल्यचेष्टा ॥१५॥
nārī pragalbhā viralāgrakeśī śaile parasvāharaṇeṣu dṛptā |
tasya pramāraṃ ca karoti bhīmā siṃhe'parā mauṣṭikatulyaceṣṭā ||15||
A bold woman with delicate and prominent hair among those seizing the wealth of another on a mountain, proud of that, dreadful she causes death, and her behavior is like a rogue is the next (second) in Leo.
English translation by Michael D Neely (2008)
Word-for-Word grammar analysis breakdown
nārī (stem form: nārī) (feminine, nominative, singular) = woman
pragalbhā (stem form: pragalbhā) (feminine, nominative, singular) = bold
virala = delicate
agra = prominent keśī = hair
viralāgrakeśī (stem form: viralāgrakeśī) (feminine, nominative, singular) = delicate and prominent hair
śaile (stem form: śaila) (masculine, locative, singular) = on a mountain
para = another
sva = wealth āharaṇa = seizing
parasvāharaṇeṣu (stem form: parasvāharaṇa) (masculine, locative, plural) = among those seizing the wealth of another
dṛptā (stem form: dṛptā) (feminine, nominative, singular) = proud
tasya (pronoun, 3rd person, neuter, genitive, singular) = of that
pramāram (stem form: pramāra) (masculine, accusative, singular) = death
ca (conjunction) (indeclinable) = and
karoti (8th class verb root: kṛ) (present indicative, parasmaipada, 3rd person, singular) = one causes
bhīmā (stem form: bhīmā) (feminine, nominative, singular) = dreadful
siṃhe (stem form: siṃha) (masculine, locative, singular) = in Leo
aparā (stem form: aparā) (feminine, nominative, singular) = next
mauṣṭika = rogue
tulya = like
ceṣṭā = behavior
mauṣṭikatulyaceṣṭā (stem form: mauṣṭikatulyaceṣṭā) (feminine, nominative, singular) = behavior is like a rogue
Glossary of Sanskrit terms
Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (3.15). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Nari, Pragalbha, Virala, Agra, Keshi, Keshin, Shaila, Parasva, Aharana, Dripta, Tad, Pramara, Karoti, Bhima, Simha, Apara, Maushtika, Tulya, Ceshta,
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 3.15
Yavanajātaka of Sphujidhvaja
by Michael D Neely (2008)
Edition includes original Sanskrit text, English translation and word-for-word analysis.