Mantra 20

Sukta 129

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अनामयोपजिह्विका

IAST Transliteration

anāmayópa jihvikā́

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Health—(against) Upajihvikā.

Word by Word

• अनामय: disease-free, healthy
• अनामय: Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण कर्तृ/विषयस्य)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनामय (प्रातिपदिक; a- + आमय ‘रोग’)

• उपजिह्विका: (a) ‘upajihvikā’—a tongue-related ailment/condition (often glossed as a swelling/lesion near/under the tongue)
• उपजिह्विका: Kartā (विषय/नामपद)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपजिह्विका (प्रातिपदिक; उप- + जिह्विका ‘छोटी जीभ/जिह्वा-सम्बद्ध’)

Attribution

Rishi: Uncertain in isolation.

Devata: Anāmaya (Health) as invoked power; adversary: Upajihvikā (named affliction/agent).

Chandas: Non-metrical / fragment

Mantra Rasa

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