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 1.66

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अथैतेषां कर्म्माणि ।
आरा मुखेन चर्म्मछेदनं क्षुरप्रेण बाणकर्त्तनम् ।
वा बाहुकर्त्तनं गोपुच्छेन लक्ष्यसाधनम् ।
अर्द्धचन्द्रेण ग्रीवा मस्तकधनुरादीनां छेदनम् ।
सूचीमुखेन कवच भेदनम् भल्लेन हृदयभेदनम् वत्सदन्तेन गुणचर्व्वणम् ।
द्विभल्लेन बाणावरोधनम् ।
कर्णिकेन लोहमयबाणानां छेदनं काकतुण्डेन ।
वेध्यानां वेधं कुर्य्यात् ॥ ६६ ॥

athaiteṣāṃ karmmāṇi |
ārā mukhena carmmachedanaṃ kṣurapreṇa bāṇakarttanam |
vā bāhukarttanaṃ gopucchena lakṣyasādhanam |
arddhacandreṇa grīvā mastakadhanurādīnāṃ chedanam |
sūcīmukhena kavaca bhedanam bhallena hṛdayabhedanam vatsadantena guṇacarvvaṇam |
dvibhallena bāṇāvarodhanam |
karṇikena lohamayabāṇānāṃ chedanaṃ kākatuṇḍena |
vedhyānāṃ vedhaṃ kuryyāt || 66 ||

Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.

These are the actions of these. They cut the skin with the mouth of a saw and cut the arrows with the razor blade. Or cutting off an arm with a cow’s tail is a means of aiming. The neck, head, bow and other parts of the body are cut with a half-moon. He pierced the armor with the mouth of a list, pierced the heart with a spear, and chewed the virtues with the teeth of a calf. Blocking the arrow with a double-edged sword. The iron arrows were pierced by the earlobe with the crow’s beak. One should perform the Vedha of the Vedas.
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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 (1.66). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Atha, Etad, Esha, Ara, Mukhena, Mukha, Kshurapra, Gopuccha, Lakshin, Lakshya, Asadhana, Riddha, Candra, Griva, Mastaka, Dhanu, Dhanus, Adi, Chedana, Sucimukha, Kavaca, Bhedana, Bhalla, Hridaya, Vatsadanta, Bana, Karnika, Lohamaya, Kakatunda, Vedhya, Vedha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.66). 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: “athaiteṣāṃ karmmāṇi ”
athai -
athā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

atha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
eteṣām -
etad (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

eṣa (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]
Cannot analyse karmmāṇi
Line 2: “ārā mukhena carmmachedanaṃ kṣurapreṇa bāṇakarttanam ”
ārā* -
āra (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

ārā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
mukhena -
mukhena (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

mukha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

mukha (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
Cannot analyse carmmachedanam*kṣ
kṣurapreṇa -
kṣurapra (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

kṣurapra (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
Cannot analyse bāṇakarttanam
Line 3: “vā bāhukarttanaṃ gopucchena lakṣyasādhanam ”
vā* -
Cannot analyse bāhukarttanam*go
gopucchena -
gopuccha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

gopuccha (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
lakṣya -
lakṣin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single]

lakṣin (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

lakṣya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

lakṣya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√lakṣ -> lakṣya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √lakṣ]

√lakṣ -> lakṣya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √lakṣ]

√lakṣ -> lakṣya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √lakṣ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √lakṣ class 10 verb]

√lakṣ -> lakṣya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √lakṣ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √lakṣ class 10 verb]
asādhanam -
asādhana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

asādhana (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

asādhanā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 4: “arddhacandreṇa grīvā mastakadhanurādīnāṃ chedanam ”
ar -
a (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ṛddha -
ṛddha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ṛddha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
candreṇa -
candra (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

candra (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
grīvā* -
grīva (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

grīvā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
mastaka -
mastaka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
dhanur -
dhanus (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

dhanu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

dhanu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ādīnām -
ādi (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

ādi (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

ādi (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
chedanam -
chedana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

chedana (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

chedanā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 5: “sūcīmukhena kavaca bhedanam bhallena hṛdayabhedanam vatsadantena guṇacarvvaṇam ”
sūcīmukhena -
sūcīmukha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

sūcīmukha (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
kavaca -
kavaca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kavaca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhedanam -
bhedana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

bhedana (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

bhedanā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
bhallena -
bhalla (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

bhalla (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
hṛdaya -
hṛdaya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

hṛdaya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhedanam -
bhedana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

bhedana (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

bhedanā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
vatsadantena -
vatsadanta (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

vatsadanta (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
Cannot analyse guṇacarvvaṇam
Line 6: “dvibhallena bāṇāvarodhanam ”
Cannot analyse dvibhallena*bā
bāṇāva -
bāṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
arodhan -
√rudh (verb class 1)

[imperfect active third plural]
am -
a (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

e (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
Line 7: “karṇikena lohamayabāṇānāṃ chedanaṃ kākatuṇḍena ”
karṇikena -
karṇika (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

karṇika (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
lohamaya -
lohamaya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

lohamaya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bāṇānām -
bāṇa (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

bāṇa (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

bāṇā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
chedanam -
chedana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

chedana (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

chedanā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
kākatuṇḍena -
kākatuṇḍa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
Line 8: “vedhyānāṃ vedhaṃ kuryyāt ”
vedhyānām -
vedhya (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

vedhya (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

vedhyā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]

√vedh -> vedhya (participle, masculine)

[genitive plural from √vedh class 1 verb]

√vedh -> vedhya (participle, neuter)

[genitive plural from √vedh class 1 verb]

√vedh -> vedhyā (participle, feminine)

[genitive plural from √vedh class 1 verb]

√vidh -> vedhya (participle, masculine)

[genitive plural from √vidh class 6 verb]

√vidh -> vedhya (participle, neuter)

[genitive plural from √vidh class 6 verb]

√vidh -> vedhyā (participle, feminine)

[genitive plural from √vidh class 6 verb]

√vidh -> vedhya (participle, masculine)

[genitive plural from √vidh class 1 verb], [genitive plural from √vidh class 6 verb]

√vidh -> vedhya (participle, neuter)

[genitive plural from √vidh class 1 verb], [genitive plural from √vidh class 6 verb]

√vidh -> vedhyā (participle, feminine)

[genitive plural from √vidh class 1 verb], [genitive plural from √vidh class 6 verb]

√vyadh -> vedhya (participle, masculine)

[genitive plural from √vyadh class 4 verb]

√vyadh -> vedhya (participle, neuter)

[genitive plural from √vyadh class 4 verb]

√vyadh -> vedhyā (participle, feminine)

[genitive plural from √vyadh class 4 verb]
vedham -
vedha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vedha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

vedhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Cannot analyse kuryyāt

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.66

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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Last Updated: 13 December, 2023