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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 3.16
नारी कृताटोपविदग्धचेष्टा यन्त्रेषु शिल्पार्थमणिक्रियासु ।
दन्तासनस्था प्रकरोति चिन्तां सिंहे तृतीया द्विषतां वधेन ॥१६॥
nārī kṛtāṭopavidagdhaceṣṭā yantreṣu śilpārthamaṇikriyāsu |
dantāsanasthā prakaroti cintāṃ siṃhe tṛtīyā dviṣatāṃ vadhena ||16||
A woman with her behavior consumed by the pride of work among instruments, business of crafts, wealth, and gems; seated on a seat of ivory, one causes hostile thought with slaying is the third in Leo.
English translation by Michael D Neely (2008)
Word-for-Word grammar analysis breakdown
nārī (stem form: nārī) (feminine, nominative, singular) = woman
kṛta = work
āṭopa = pride
vidagdha = consumed
ceṣṭā = behavior
kṛtāṭopavidagdhaceṣṭā (stem form: kṛtāṭopavidagdhaceṣṭā) (feminine, nominative, singular) = behavior consumed by the pride of work
yantreṣu (stem form: yantra) (neuter, locative, plural) = among instruments
śilpa = craft
artha = wealth maṇi = gem
kriyā = business
śilpārthamaṇikriyāsu (stem form: śilpārthamaṇikriyā) (feminine, locative, plural) = among the business of crafts, wealth, and gems
dantā = ivory
āsana = seat sthā = seated
dantāsanasthā (stem form: dantāsanasthā) (feminine, nominative, singular) = seated on a seat of ivory
prakaroti (pra + 8th class verb root: kṛ) (present indicative, parasmaipada, 3rd person, singular) = one causes
cintām (stem form: cintā) (feminine, accusative, singular) = thought
siṃhe (stem form: siṃha) (masculine, locative, singular) = in Leo
tṛtīyā (stem form: tṛtīyā) (ordinal number, feminine, nominative, singular) = third
dviṣatām (stem form: dviṣatā) (feminine, accusative, singular) = hostile
vadhena (stem form: vadha) (masculine, instrumental, singular) = with slaying
Glossary of Sanskrit terms
Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (3.16). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Nari, Kritatopa, Vidagdha, Ceshta, Yantra, Shilpa, Artha, Ani, Kriya, Danta, Asanastha, Prakara, Cinta, Simha, Tritiya, Dvishat, Dvishata, Vadha,
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 3.16
Yavanajātaka of Sphujidhvaja
by Michael D Neely (2008)
Edition includes original Sanskrit text, English translation and word-for-word analysis.