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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 1.48
विश्वामित्र शृणुष्वाथ धनुर्द्रव्यत्रयं क्रमात् ।
लोहं शृङ्गञ्च काष्ठञ्च गदितं शम्भुना पुरा ॥ ४८ ॥
viśvāmitra śṛṇuṣvātha dhanurdravyatrayaṃ kramāt |
lohaṃ śṛṅgañca kāṣṭhañca gaditaṃ śambhunā purā || 48 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
O Vishvamitra, please hear from me the three objects of the bow in order. In the past Lord Shambhu described iron, horn and wood.
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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 (1.48). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Vishvamitra, Shu, Han, Dhanu, Dhanus, Dravi, Dravya, Atraya, Kramat, Krama, Loha, Kashtham, Gadita, Shambhu, Pura, Pur,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.48). 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: “viśvāmitra śṛṇuṣvātha dhanurdravyatrayaṃ kramāt ”
- viśvāmitra -
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viśvāmitra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- śṛṇu -
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√śru (verb class 5)[imperative active second single]
- ṣvā -
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ṣu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]ṣū (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
- āt -
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āt (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]a (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]
- ha -
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ha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]han (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- dhanur -
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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]
- dravya -
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dravi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]dravya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]dravya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]dravī (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]dravī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]dravī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- atrayam -
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atraya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]atraya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- kramāt -
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kramāt (indeclinable)[indeclinable]krama (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]
- Line 2: “lohaṃ śṛṅgañca kāṣṭhañca gaditaṃ śambhunā purā ”
- loham -
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loha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]loha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]lohā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Cannot analyse śṛṅgañca*kā
- kāṣṭhañ -
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kāṣṭham (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- gaditam -
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gadita (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]gadita (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]gaditā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√gad -> gadita (participle, masculine)[adverb from √gad]√gad -> gadita (participle, neuter)[adverb from √gad]√gad -> gaditā (participle, feminine)[adverb from √gad]√gad -> gadita (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √gad]√gad -> gadita (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √gad], [accusative single from √gad]
- śambhunā -
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śambhu (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]śambhu (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]śambhū (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- purā -
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purā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]pur (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]purā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.48
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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