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# Jatukarnya 1.16: Tithyarka · Jayasīṃhakalpadruma

Jātūkarṇyasmṛti (fragments) 1.16

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.uddhrta.jatukarnya*fragments.1.16)

śaṅkhaṃ prāhur amāvāsyāṃ kṣīṇasomāṃ dvijottamāḥ | aṣṭakā ca bhavet padmaṃ tatra dattaṃ tathākṣayam

> Best of the twice-born call the new-moon day when the moon is waned "śaṅkha"; / and the aṣṭakā is a "padma"; what is given then is imperishable.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> The best of the twice-born call the new moon, when the moon has waned, a 'conch' (treasure), and the aṣṭakā a 'lotus'; what is given then is likewise imperishable.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (2)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.uddhrta.jatukarnya*fragments~en-mt.1.16) — English, machine translation
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.uddhrta.jatukarnya~en-mt.1.16) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Jayasīṃhakalpadruma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.jayasimhakalpadruma.5.p29) — Ratnākara 1688, Sanskrit
- [Tithyarka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.tithi.tithyarka.2.p1.34) — Divākarabhaṭṭa 1658, Sanskrit

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