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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 1.52
अभावे पट्टसूत्रस्य हरिणीस्नायुरिष्यते ।
गुणार्थमपि च ग्राह्या स्नायवो महिषी भवाः ॥ ५२ ॥
abhāve paṭṭasūtrasya hariṇīsnāyuriṣyate |
guṇārthamapi ca grāhyā snāyavo mahiṣī bhavāḥ || 52 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
In the absence of a patchwork thread, the deer muscle will become. The muscles of the queen are also acceptable for the sake of virtue.
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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 (1.52). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Abhava, Pattasutra, Harini, Hari, Snayu, Ishyat, Guna, Artha, Api, Grahi, Grahya, Mahishi, Bhava,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.52). 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: “abhāve paṭṭasūtrasya hariṇīsnāyuriṣyate ”
- abhāve -
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abhāva (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- paṭṭasūtrasya -
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paṭṭasūtra (noun, neuter)[genitive single]
- hariṇī -
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hariṇī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]hari (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- snāyur -
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snāyu (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√snā (verb class 2)[optative active third plural]
- iṣyate -
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√iṣ -> iṣyat (participle, masculine)[dative single from √iṣ class 4 verb]√iṣ -> iṣyat (participle, neuter)[dative single from √iṣ class 4 verb]√iṣ (verb class 6)[present passive third single]√iṣ (verb class 1)[present passive third single]√iṣ (verb class 4)[present passive third single]√iṣ (verb class 0)[present passive third single]√iṣ (verb class 0)[present passive third single]
- Line 2: “guṇārthamapi ca grāhyā snāyavo mahiṣī bhavāḥ ”
- guṇā -
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guṇa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]guṇā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- artham -
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artha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]artha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- api -
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api (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]ap (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- grāhyā -
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grāhi (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]grāhī (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]grāhyā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√grah -> grāhyā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √grah class 9 verb], [nominative single from √grah]
- snāyavo* -
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snāyu (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- mahiṣī -
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mahiṣī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]mahiṣi (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- bhavāḥ -
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bhava (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]bhavā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.52
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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