Sutra 48

ग्रीष्मे जनयतः पूर्वं पञ्चाब्दान्ते च पश्चिमम् ॥ कZ_०२.२०.६६च्द् ॥

grīṣme janayataḥ pūrvaṃ pañcābdānte ca paścimam

The intercalation is generated in summer: first (an earlier insertion) and, at the end of the five-year cycle, a later one.

ग्रीष्मेin summer
ग्रीष्मे:
TypeNoun
Rootग्रीष्म
Formपुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी एकवचन (अधिकरण)
जनयतःthey/these two produce, generate
जनयतः:
TypeVerb
Root√जन् (जनयति)
Formलट्; परस्मैपदम्; प्रथमपुरुष; द्विवचन (कारक-सम्बन्धः: कर्तरि)
पूर्वम्first; earlier; in the east (context-dependent)
पूर्वम्:
TypeAdverb
Rootपूर्व
Formअव्यय (काल/क्रमवाचक)
पञ्चfive
पञ्च:
TypeNumeral
Rootपञ्च
Formसंख्यावाचक (अव्यय-प्रयोगः)
अब्दान्तेat the end of the year
अब्दान्ते:
TypeNoun
Rootअब्दान्त
Formपुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी एकवचन (अधिकरण)
and
:
TypeParticle
Root
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय
पश्चिमम्later; in the west (context-dependent)
पश्चिमम्:
TypeAdverb
Rootपश्चिम
Formअव्यय (दिक्/क्रमवाचक)
G
Grīṣma
F
five-year cycle (yuga)

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