Mantra 17

Sukta 23

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

विंशतिः स्वाहा

IAST Transliteration

viṁśatíḥ svāhā́

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Oblation—Svāhā—to Twenty.

Word by Word

• विंशतिः: twenty
• विंशतिः: Kartā (नामपद-कर्तृ/विषय-रूपेण; सन्दर्भे ‘संख्या/परिमाण’)
• Type: Noun (Numeral)
• Root: विंशति (संख्याप्रातिपदिक) ← द्वि + दश (समाहार/संख्या-निर्माण) ; मूल-आधार: दशन्/दश

• स्वाहा: svāhā; ‘hail!’ (offering-formula)
• स्वाहा: — (यज्ञीय-उद्गारः; कारक-निर्देशो न प्रवर्तते)
• Type: Indeclinable (Ritual exclamation)
• Root: स्वाहा (निपात/उद्गार-प्रातिपदिक; यज्ञीय-आह्वानशब्दः)

Attribution

Rishi: Not specified in the excerpt.

Devata: Numerical totality (twenty) as ritual recipient; implicit Agni.

Chandas: Not applicable (formulaic).

Mantra Rasa

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