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Dhanurveda Samhita [sanskrit]
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The Sanskrit text of the Dhanurveda-samhita attributed to Vasishtha. Dhanur Veda is a type of ancient India science whose roots date to the 2nd millenium BCE. It is counted among the Upavedas literature. This specific version of the Dhanurveda contains roughly 240 sections of Sanskrit text.
Verse 1.18
कृतोपवासः शिष्यस्तु धृताजिन परिग्रहः ।
बद्धाञ्जलिपुटस्तत्र याचयेद्गुरुतो धनुः ॥ १८ ॥
kṛtopavāsaḥ śiṣyastu dhṛtājina parigrahaḥ |
baddhāñjalipuṭastatra yācayedguruto dhanuḥ || 18 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
The disciple, who had fasted, wore a deerskin and married. With folded palms, one should then ask the spiritual master for a bow.
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Glossary of Sanskrit terms
Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (1.18). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Kritopavasa, Shishya, Dhrit, Dhrita, Ajina, Parigraha, Baddhanjaliputa, Tatra, Dhanu, Dhanus,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.18). If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.
- Line 1: “kṛtopavāsaḥ śiṣyastu dhṛtājina parigrahaḥ ”
- kṛtopavāsaḥ -
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kṛtopavāsa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- śiṣyas -
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śiṣya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√śās -> śiṣya (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √śās class 2 verb]√śiṣ -> śiṣya (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √śiṣ class 10 verb]
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- dhṛtā -
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dhṛta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]dhṛta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]dhṛt (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]dhṛt (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]dhṛtā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- ajina -
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ajina (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ajina (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- parigrahaḥ -
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parigraha (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “baddhāñjalipuṭastatra yācayedguruto dhanuḥ ”
- baddhāñjalipuṭas -
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baddhāñjalipuṭa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- tatra -
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tatra (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tatra (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tatra (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- yā -
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yā (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]yā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative single]
- cayed -
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√cay (verb class 1)[optative active third single]√ci (verb class 1)[optative active third single]
- guruto -
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- dhanuḥ -
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dhanus (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]dhanu (noun, feminine)[nominative single]dhanu (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.18
Dhanurveda Samhita (धनुर्वेदसंहिता)
by Hardayalu Swami (2001)
Publisher: Khemraj Shrikrishnadass
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Vasistha’s Dhanurveda Samhita
by Purnima Ray (2023)
Publisher: Khemraj Shrikrishnadas; ISBN-10: 818670289X; ISBN-13: 9788186702895; 88 pages including 18 illustrations;
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Dhanurveda Samhita (धनुर्वेदसंहिता) (संस्कृत एवं हिंदी अनुवाद)
by Shri Dwarka Prasad Shastri (2007)
Title: Dhanurveda Sanhita (Hindi translation); Publisher: Chaukhambha Prakashan, Varanasi; 84 pages including 11 illustrations; Author: महर्षि वशिष्ठ (Maharshi Vashistha); Foreword by Dr. Chakradhar Bijalwan.
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