बृहत्-पाराशर-होरा-शास्त्रम्
bṛhat-pārāśara-horā-śāstram
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chapter-43, verse-28
विंशत्यायुर्मयूराणां छागादीनां च षोडश ।
हंसानां पंचनव च पिकानां द्वादशाब्दकाः ॥२८॥
हंसानां पंचनव च पिकानां द्वादशाब्दकाः ॥२८॥
28. viṃśatyāyurmayūrāṇāṃ chāgādīnāṃ ca ṣoḍaśa .
haṃsānāṃ paṃcanava ca pikānāṃ dvādaśābdakāḥ.
haṃsānāṃ paṃcanava ca pikānāṃ dvādaśābdakāḥ.
28.
viṃśati āyuḥ mayūrāṇām chāgādīnām ca ṣoḍaśa
haṃsānām pañcanava ca pikānām dvādaśābdakāḥ
haṃsānām pañcanava ca pikānām dvādaśābdakāḥ
28.
The lifespan for peacocks is twenty years. For goats and similar animals, it is sixteen years. For swans, it is ninety-five years, and for cuckoos, twelve years.
Words meanings summery:
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- विंशति (viṁśati) - twenty (years) (twenty)
- आयुः (āyuḥ) - lifespan (in years) (life, lifespan, duration)
- मयूराणाम् (mayūrāṇām) - of peacocks
- छागादीनाम् (chāgādīnām) - of goats and similar animals (of goats and others (etc.))
- च (ca) - and
- षोडश (ṣoḍaśa) - sixteen (years) (sixteen)
- हंसानाम् (haṁsānām) - of swans, of geese
- पञ्चनव (pañcanava) - ninety-five (years) (five and nine, ninety-five)
- च (ca) - and
- पिकानाम् (pikānām) - of cuckoos
- द्वादशाब्दकाः (dvādaśābdakāḥ) - a lifespan of twelve years (twelve years)
Words meanings and morphology
विंशति (viṁśati) - twenty (years) (twenty)
(noun)
feminine, singular of viṃśati
viṁśati - twenty
Note: This is part of the compound `viṃśatyāyuḥ`.
आयुः (āyuḥ) - lifespan (in years) (life, lifespan, duration)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of āyus
āyus - life, lifespan, duration, vitality
Note: The word is in the neuter nominative singular form.
मयूराणाम् (mayūrāṇām) - of peacocks
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, plural of mayūra
mayūra - peacock
छागादीनाम् (chāgādīnām) - of goats and similar animals (of goats and others (etc.))
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, plural of chāgādi
chāgādi - goat and so on, beginning with goat
Compound of chāga (goat) and ādi (beginning, etc.)
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (chāga+ādi)
- chāga – goat
noun (masculine) - ādi – beginning, and so on, etc.
indeclinable
Note: Tatpuruṣa compound, inflected in genitive plural.
च (ca) - and
(indeclinable)
षोडश (ṣoḍaśa) - sixteen (years) (sixteen)
(noun)
neuter, plural of ṣoḍaśa
ṣoḍaśa - sixteen
Note: The number is treated as a neuter noun in nominative/accusative plural, agreeing with an implied 'years'.
हंसानाम् (haṁsānām) - of swans, of geese
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, plural of haṃsa
haṁsa - swan, goose
पञ्चनव (pañcanava) - ninety-five (years) (five and nine, ninety-five)
(noun)
neuter, plural of pañcanava
pañcanava - ninety-five
Compound for the number ninety-five (pañca-navati is more common, but pañcanava can represent 95 in some contexts).
Compound type : dvandva/numerical (pañca+nava)
- pañca – five
numeral - nava – nine
numeral
Note: Interpreted as ninety-five years.
च (ca) - and
(indeclinable)
पिकानाम् (pikānām) - of cuckoos
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, plural of pika
pika - cuckoo
द्वादशाब्दकाः (dvādaśābdakāḥ) - a lifespan of twelve years (twelve years)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of dvādaśābdaka
dvādaśābdaka - one having twelve years, twelve years old
Compound of dvādaśa (twelve) and abdaka (year, diminutive suffix -ka)
Compound type : bahuvrihi/tatpuruṣa (dvādaśa+abdaka)
- dvādaśa – twelve
numeral - abdaka – year (diminutive/emphasized)
noun (masculine)
from abda (year) + -ka suffix
Note: Compound in masculine nominative plural.