बृहत्-पाराशर-होरा-शास्त्रम्
bṛhat-pārāśara-horā-śāstram
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chapter-95, verse-6
आचार्यो जुहुयात्तत्र समिदाज्यतिलांश्चरुम् ।
अष्टोत्तरं सहस्रं वा शतं वाऽष्टौ च विंशतिम् ॥६॥
अष्टोत्तरं सहस्रं वा शतं वाऽष्टौ च विंशतिम् ॥६॥
6. ācāryo juhuyāttatra samidājyatilāṃścarum .
aṣṭottaraṃ sahasraṃ vā śataṃ vā'ṣṭau ca viṃśatim.
aṣṭottaraṃ sahasraṃ vā śataṃ vā'ṣṭau ca viṃśatim.
6.
ācāryaḥ juhuyāt tatra samit ājya tilān ca carum
aṣṭottaram sahasram vā śatam vā aṣṭau ca viṃśatim
aṣṭottaram sahasram vā śatam vā aṣṭau ca viṃśatim
6.
The preceptor should offer fuel sticks (samit), clarified butter (ājya), sesame seeds, and cooked rice (caru) into the ritual fire. The number of these offerings should be 1008, or 100, or 28.
Words meanings summery:
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- आचार्यः (ācāryaḥ) - the performing priest or teacher for the ritual (preceptor, teacher, spiritual guide)
- जुहुयात् (juhuyāt) - should offer oblations into the fire (one should offer into the fire, he should sacrifice)
- तत्र (tatra) - there (in that ritual context) (there, in that place, in that matter)
- समित् (samit) - fuel sticks for the fire ritual (samit) (fuel stick, log)
- आज्य (ājya) - clarified butter (ājya) for the fire ritual (clarified butter, ghee)
- तिलान् (tilān) - sesame seeds to be offered (sesame seeds)
- च (ca) - and
- चरुम् (carum) - cooked rice (caru) for offering (cooked rice, sacrificial oblation of rice)
- अष्टोत्तरम् (aṣṭottaram) - eight more (referring to the quantity) ((that which is) eight more (than 1000 or 100))
- सहस्रम् (sahasram) - one thousand
- वा (vā) - or
- शतम् (śatam) - one hundred
- वा (vā) - or
- अष्टौ (aṣṭau) - eight
- च (ca) - and
- विंशतिम् (viṁśatim) - twenty
Words meanings and morphology
आचार्यः (ācāryaḥ) - the performing priest or teacher for the ritual (preceptor, teacher, spiritual guide)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of ācārya
ācārya - preceptor, teacher, master, spiritual guide
From ā-car (to practice, observe)
Prefix: ā
Root: car (class 1)
Note: Subject of the verb 'juhuyāt'.
जुहुयात् (juhuyāt) - should offer oblations into the fire (one should offer into the fire, he should sacrifice)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of hu
Optative mood, third person singular
Parasmaipada, from root hu (class 3). Reduplicated form.
Root: hu (class 3)
Note: Indicates a prescriptive action.
तत्र (tatra) - there (in that ritual context) (there, in that place, in that matter)
(indeclinable)
Adverb derived from the pronominal stem tad.
समित् (samit) - fuel sticks for the fire ritual (samit) (fuel stick, log)
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of samit
samit - fuel, firewood, sacrificial fuel stick
From root idh (to kindle) with sam-.
Prefix: sam
Root: idh (class 7)
Note: One of the direct objects of 'juhuyāt'.
आज्य (ājya) - clarified butter (ājya) for the fire ritual (clarified butter, ghee)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of ājya
ājya - clarified butter, ghee, sacrificial butter
From root aj (to drive, to throw).
Root: aj (class 1)
Note: Another direct object of 'juhuyāt'.
तिलान् (tilān) - sesame seeds to be offered (sesame seeds)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of tila
tila - sesame seed, sesame plant
Note: Another direct object of 'juhuyāt'.
च (ca) - and
(indeclinable)
A conjunctive particle.
चरुम् (carum) - cooked rice (caru) for offering (cooked rice, sacrificial oblation of rice)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of caru
caru - cooked rice, oblation of rice, porridge
From root car (to move, to go).
Root: car (class 1)
Note: The final direct object of 'juhuyāt'.
अष्टोत्तरम् (aṣṭottaram) - eight more (referring to the quantity) ((that which is) eight more (than 1000 or 100))
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of aṣṭottara
aṣṭottara - plus eight, eighty
Compound of aṣṭa (eight) and uttara (later, more, exceeding).
Compound type : tatpurusha (aṣṭa+uttara)
- aṣṭa – eight
numeral adjective - uttara – later, upper, northern, exceeding, more
adjective (neuter)
Note: Modifies 'sahasram' to form '1008'.
सहस्रम् (sahasram) - one thousand
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of sahasra
sahasra - thousand, a thousand
Note: Refers to the number of offerings.
वा (vā) - or
(indeclinable)
A disjunctive particle.
शतम् (śatam) - one hundred
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of śata
śata - hundred, a hundred
Note: Refers to the number of offerings.
वा (vā) - or
(indeclinable)
A disjunctive particle.
अष्टौ (aṣṭau) - eight
(adjective)
Nominative, plural of aṣṭan
aṣṭan - eight
It is an invariant form in plural for all genders and cases.
Note: Combined with 'viṃśatim' to form 28.
च (ca) - and
(indeclinable)
A conjunctive particle.
विंशतिम् (viṁśatim) - twenty
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of viṃśati
viṁśati - twenty
Feminine noun meaning 'a score'.
Note: The form is 'viṃśatim' (accusative singular). It functions numerically.