67.12ab vāmāṅgakampo gṛhabhaṅgakārī kṣutaḥ svapakṣād bhayam ātanoti/
67.12cd yuddhaṃ narāṇāṃ prakaroti yuddhaṃ rutaṃ rutenaiva samanvitaṃ ca//
"The trembling of the left limbs would cause the house to break. Sneezing would cause fear resulted from one’s allies. Quarrels and cries [of animals] accompanied [by nothing but] just cries would cause quarrels among men.”
67.25ab chardi jvaro veṣṭajanasya nāśaṃ yāne vidhatte sukhasaukhyahānim/
67.25cd aniṣṭalābhaḥ prakaroty ariṣṭaṃ gosaṃkṣutaṃ prāṇaharaṃ hi yātuḥ//
"Vomiting or fever (chardi[s]+jvaraḥ) would bring about the loss (nāśaṃ < nāso) of a loved one and the destruction of happiness and good fortune during the expedition. Getting
an evil omen (aniṣṭalābhaḥ) would
result in untimely death (ariṣtaṃ <
aniṣṭam). Sneezing of cows [would
result in] the death of the traveler."
The edition is not entirely satisfactory, nor is my translation. The kṣutaḥ in 67.12 does however seem to suggest a bodily action, hence, sneezing. I am now not so certain about the gosaṃkṣutaṃ in 67.25 now that you raised some doubts concerning the etymology of kṣut. But maybe cows do sneeze after all!
Best regards,
Bill Mak
Bill M. Mak
Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University
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I have been trying, so far without success, to understand the
etymology of kṣut or kṣuta in the sense of 'bad,
evil', used (in both variants) in some Sanskrit astrological texts.
(I am fairly certain it's nothing to do with either sneezing or
mustard!)
Searching for क्षुत, I found that Google Translate identifies it as
a Hindi word meaning 'awkward', which seems promising; but GT is by
no means infallible, and I haven't yet been able to locate the word
in a Hindi dictionary. Could any Hindi-wallahs out there either
confirm or deny its existence -- perhaps even throw light on its
etymology?
Thanks in advance,
Martin Gansten
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