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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 1.29
एवं वेधत्रयङ्कुर्याच्छङ्खं दुन्दुभिनिस्वनैः ।
ततः प्रणम्य गुरवे धनुर्बाणान्निवेदयेत् ॥ २९ ॥
evaṃ vedhatrayaṅkuryācchaṅkhaṃ dundubhinisvanaiḥ |
tataḥ praṇamya gurave dhanurbāṇānnivedayet || 29 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
In this way one should make three piercings and the conchshell should be played with the sound of drums. Then one should bow down to the spiritual master and offer him the bow and arrows.
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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 (1.29). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Evam, Eva, Vedhat, Idam, Shankha, Dundubhi, Svana, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Prana, Guru, Dhanurbana,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.29). 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: “evaṃ vedhatrayaṅkuryācchaṅkhaṃ dundubhinisvanaiḥ ”
- evam -
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evam (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]evam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]eva (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]eva (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]evā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- vedhat -
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√vedh -> vedhat (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √vedh class 1 verb], [vocative single from √vedh class 1 verb], [accusative single from √vedh class 1 verb]√vidh -> vedhat (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √vidh class 1 verb], [vocative single from √vidh class 1 verb], [accusative single from √vidh class 1 verb]
- ra -
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ṛ (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]ṛ (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]ra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- ayaṅ -
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idam (pronoun, masculine)[nominative single]
- kuryācch -
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√kṛ (verb class 8)[optative active third single]
- śaṅkham -
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śaṅkha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]śaṅkha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]śaṅkhā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- dundubhini -
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dundubhi (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- svanaiḥ -
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svana (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]svana (noun, neuter)[instrumental plural]
- Line 2: “tataḥ praṇamya gurave dhanurbāṇānnivedayet ”
- tataḥ -
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tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tataḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tad (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]tata (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]sa (noun, masculine)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]sā (noun, feminine)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
- praṇam -
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praṇa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]praṇa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]praṇā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- ya -
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- gurave -
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guru (noun, masculine)[dative single]
- dhanurbāṇān -
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dhanurbāṇa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative plural], [ablative single]dhanurbāṇa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]
- ni -
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ni (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]ni (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]ni (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]nī (noun, masculine)[adverb]nī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]nī (noun, feminine)[adverb]ni (Preverb)[Preverb]
- vedayet -
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√vid (verb class 0)[optative active third single]√vid (verb class 0)[optative active third single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.29
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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