बृहत्-पाराशर-होरा-शास्त्रम्
bṛhat-pārāśara-horā-śāstram
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chapter-81, verse-51
अङ्गुष्ठमूलान्निर्गत्या रेखा याति कनिष्ठिकाम् ।
सा नारि पतिहन्त्री स्याद् दूरतस्तां परित्यजेत् ॥५१॥
सा नारि पतिहन्त्री स्याद् दूरतस्तां परित्यजेत् ॥५१॥
51. aṅguṣṭhamūlānnirgatyā rekhā yāti kaniṣṭhikām .
sā nāri patihantrī syād dūratastāṃ parityajet.
sā nāri patihantrī syād dūratastāṃ parityajet.
51.
aṅguṣṭhamūlāt nirgatya rekhā yāti kaniṣṭhikām
sā nāri patihantrī syāt dūrataḥ tām parityajet
sā nāri patihantrī syāt dūrataḥ tām parityajet
51.
If a line (rekhā) emerges from the base of the thumb (aṅguṣṭhamūla) and extends to the little finger (kaniṣṭhikā), that woman (nārī) would be a killer of her husband (patihantrī); one should abandon her from a distance.
Words meanings summery:
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- अङ्गुष्ठमूलात् (aṅguṣṭhamūlāt) - from the base of the thumb
- निर्गत्य (nirgatya) - having emerged, having come out
- रेखा (rekhā) - line, streak
- याति (yāti) - goes, extends, proceeds
- कनिष्ठिकाम् (kaniṣṭhikām) - to the little finger
- सा (sā) - that (feminine)
- नारि (nāri) - that woman (woman)
- पतिहन्त्री (patihantrī) - husband-killer
- स्यात् (syāt) - would be, might be
- दूरतः (dūrataḥ) - from afar, from a distance
- ताम् (tām) - her, that (feminine)
- परित्यजेत् (parityajet) - one should abandon, forsake
Words meanings and morphology
अङ्गुष्ठमूलात् (aṅguṣṭhamūlāt) - from the base of the thumb
(noun)
Ablative, neuter, singular of aṅguṣṭhamūla
aṅguṣṭhamūla - base of the thumb
Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (aṅguṣṭha+mūla)
- aṅguṣṭha – thumb
noun (masculine) - mūla – root, base, origin
noun (neuter)
निर्गत्य (nirgatya) - having emerged, having come out
(indeclinable)
absolutive / gerund
formed with the prefix 'nir' and the root 'gam', suffixed with '-tya'
Prefix: nir
Root: gam (class 1)
रेखा (rekhā) - line, streak
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of rekhā
rekhā - line, streak, mark
याति (yāti) - goes, extends, proceeds
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of yā
Root: yā (class 2)
कनिष्ठिकाम् (kaniṣṭhikām) - to the little finger
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of kaniṣṭhikā
kaniṣṭhikā - little finger
सा (sā) - that (feminine)
(pronoun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of tad
tad - that, she, it
नारि (nāri) - that woman (woman)
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of nārī
nārī - woman, female
Note: The form nāri (with short 'i') is used, likely for metrical reasons, instead of the standard nominative singular nārī (with long 'ī').
पतिहन्त्री (patihantrī) - husband-killer
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of patihantrī
patihantrī - killer of one's husband
Compound type : upapada-tatpuruṣa (pati+hantṛ)
- pati – husband, master
noun (masculine) - hantṛ – killer, slayer
noun (masculine)
agent noun
Root: han (class 2)
स्यात् (syāt) - would be, might be
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of as
Root: as (class 2)
दूरतः (dūrataḥ) - from afar, from a distance
(indeclinable)
formed with the suffix -tas
ताम् (tām) - her, that (feminine)
(pronoun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of tad
tad - that, she, it
परित्यजेत् (parityajet) - one should abandon, forsake
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of parityaj
formed with the prefix 'pari' and the root 'tyaj'
Prefix: pari
Root: tyaj (class 1)