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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 1.59
कठिनं वर्त्तुलं काण्डं गृह्वीयात्सुप्रदेशजम् ।
द्वौ हस्तौ मुष्टिहीनौ च दैर्घ्ये स्थूले कनिष्ठिका ।
विधेयाः शरमानेषु यन्त्रेष्वाकर्षयेत्ततः ॥ ५९ ॥
kaṭhinaṃ varttulaṃ kāṇḍaṃ gṛhvīyātsupradeśajam |
dvau hastau muṣṭihīnau ca dairghye sthūle kaniṣṭhikā |
vidheyāḥ śaramāneṣu yantreṣvākarṣayettataḥ || 59 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
A hard round stem should be taken from a good area. The two hands were without fists, and the lower part was thick in length. Then one should place the arrows on the instruments and pull them.
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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 (1.59). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Kathina, Kanda, Grihu, Pradesha, Dva, Hasta, Mushti, Hina, Dairghya, Sthula, Kanishthika, Vidheya, Sharama, Idam, Yantra, Akarsha, Yah, Yat, Tta, Tas,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.59). 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: “kaṭhinaṃ varttulaṃ kāṇḍaṃ gṛhvīyātsupradeśajam ”
- kaṭhinam -
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kaṭhina (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]kaṭhina (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]kaṭhinā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Cannot analyse varttulam*kā
- kāṇḍam -
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kāṇḍa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]kāṇḍa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- gṛhvī -
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gṛhu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- īyā -
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√i (verb class 2)[optative middle first single]
- atsu -
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ad (noun, masculine)[locative plural]ad (noun, neuter)[locative plural]
- pradeśa -
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pradeśa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- jam -
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ja (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ja (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]jā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Line 2: “dvau hastau muṣṭihīnau ca dairghye sthūle kaniṣṭhikā ”
- dvau -
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dva (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- hastau -
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hasta (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- muṣṭi -
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muṣṭi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]muṣṭi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]muṣṭi (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]muṣṭī (noun, masculine)[adverb]muṣṭī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]muṣṭī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- hīnau -
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hīna (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]√hā -> hīna (participle, masculine)[nominative dual from √hā class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √hā class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √hā class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √hā class 3 verb], [vocative dual from √hā class 3 verb], [accusative dual from √hā class 3 verb]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- dairghye -
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dairghya (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- sthūle -
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sthūla (noun, masculine)[locative single]sthūla (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]sthūlā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- kaniṣṭhikā -
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kaniṣṭhikā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- Line 3: “vidheyāḥ śaramāneṣu yantreṣvākarṣayettataḥ ”
- vidheyāḥ -
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vidheya (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]vidheyā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- śaramān -
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śarama (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- eṣu -
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e (noun, masculine)[locative plural]idam (pronoun, masculine)[locative plural]idam (pronoun, neuter)[locative plural]
- yantreṣvā -
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yantra (noun, neuter)[locative plural]
- ākarṣa -
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ākarṣa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- ye -
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ya (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]yā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative plural]yat (pronoun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
- tta -
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tta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]tta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- taḥ -
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tas (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]tas (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]ta (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.59
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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