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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 1.69
अथ पायनम् (शरोपरि औषधलेपनम् ) ।
इषु फले शरवंशामूललेपनाद्ब्रह्मणोऽसाध्यो भवति तच्चिह्नमतेत् । यस्मिन् शरवंशसमूहे ।
स्वाति बिन्दुर्निपतति स पीतवर्णो भवति तस्य मूले विषमुत्पद्यते तन्मूलं ग्राह्यं ।
स च सर्वदा पवनाभावेऽपि कम्पते इदमेव तल्लक्ष्मेति ॥ ६९ ॥
atha pāyanam (śaropari auṣadhalepanam ) |
iṣu phale śaravaṃśāmūlalepanādbrahmaṇo'sādhyo bhavati taccihnamatet | yasmin śaravaṃśasamūhe |
svāti bindurnipatati sa pītavarṇo bhavati tasya mūle viṣamutpadyate tanmūlaṃ grāhyaṃ |
sa ca sarvadā pavanābhāve'pi kampate idameva tallakṣmeti || 69 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
Then drinking (applying medicine to the arrow). If one applies the root of an arrowhead to these fruits, it is considered to be a sign that the brahmana is incapable of doing so. In which group of arrows. When a drop of water falls in the spring it turns yellow and poison is produced at the root of the tree. He always trembles even in the absence of wind, thinking, “This is the opulence of that body.”
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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 (1.69). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Atha, Payana, Shara, Sharu, Sharan, Upari, Aushadha, Lepana, Phala, Phali, Sharava, Shamula, Brahman, Brahmana, Asadhya, Bhavati, Bhavat, Bhavant, Tat, Tad, Cihna, Yah, Yat, Shas, Shasa, Uha, Svati, Bindu, Nipa, Pitavarna, Mula, Visha, Mud, Tanmula, Grahya, Sarvada, Pavana, Abhava, Api, Idam, Eva, Talla, Kshma, Iti,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.69). 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: “atha pāyanam (śaropari auṣadhalepanam ) ”
- atha -
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atha (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- pāyanam -
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pāyana (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]pāyanā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- śaro -
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śara (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]śara (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]śaran (noun, masculine)[compound], [nominative single]śaran (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]śaru (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- upari -
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upari (indeclinable postposition)[indeclinable postposition]upari (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- auṣadha -
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auṣadha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]auṣadha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- lepanam -
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lepana (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]lepana (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- Line 2: “iṣu phale śaravaṃśāmūlalepanādbrahmaṇo'sādhyo bhavati taccihnamatet | yasmin śaravaṃśasamūhe ”
- iṣu -
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iṣu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]i (noun, masculine)[locative plural]
- phale -
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phala (noun, masculine)[locative single]phala (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]phalā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]phali (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- śaravaṃ -
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śarava (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]śaravā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- śāmūla -
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śāmūla (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- lepanād -
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lepana (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]lepana (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]
- brahmaṇo' -
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brahman (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]brahmaṇa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- asādhyo* -
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asādhya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√sādh (verb class 4)[imperfect active second single]
- bhavati -
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bhavatī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]bhavat (noun, masculine)[locative single]bhavat (noun, neuter)[locative single]bhavant (pronoun, masculine)[locative single]bhavant (pronoun, neuter)[locative single]√bhū (verb class 1)[present active third single]
- tac -
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tat (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tad (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- cihnam -
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cihna (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]cihnā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- atet -
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√at (verb class 1)[optative active third single]
- yasmin -
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ya (noun, masculine)[locative single]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[locative single]yat (pronoun, neuter)[locative single]
- śaravaṃ -
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śarava (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]śaravā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- śasam -
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śasa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]śasa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]śasā (noun, feminine)[adverb]śas (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- ūhe -
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ūha (noun, masculine)[locative single]ūhā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]√uh (verb class 1)[perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]√ūh (verb class 1)[present middle first single]√vah (verb class 1)[perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]
- Line 3: “svāti bindurnipatati sa pītavarṇo bhavati tasya mūle viṣamutpadyate tanmūlaṃ grāhyaṃ ”
- svāti -
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svāti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]svāti (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]svātī (noun, masculine)[adverb], [vocative single]svātī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]svātī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- bindur -
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bindu (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- nipa -
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nipa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]nipa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- tati -
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tati (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- sa -
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sa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- pītavarṇo* -
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pītavarṇa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- bhavati -
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bhavatī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]bhavat (noun, masculine)[locative single]bhavat (noun, neuter)[locative single]bhavant (pronoun, masculine)[locative single]bhavant (pronoun, neuter)[locative single]√bhū (verb class 1)[present active third single]
- tasya -
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√tas -> tasya (absolutive)[absolutive from √tas]ta (noun, masculine)[genitive single]ta (noun, neuter)[genitive single]tad (noun, neuter)[genitive single]sa (noun, masculine)[genitive single]√tas (verb class 4)[imperative active second single]
- mūle -
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mūla (noun, masculine)[locative single]mūla (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]mūlā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]√mūl (verb class 1)[present middle first single]
- viṣa -
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viṣa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]viṣa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- mut -
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mud (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
- padyate -
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√pad (verb class 4)[present middle third single], [present passive third single]√pad (verb class 1)[present passive third single]
- tanmūlam -
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tanmūla (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]tanmūla (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]tanmūlā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- grāhyam -
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grāhya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]grāhya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]grāhyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√grah -> grāhya (participle, masculine)[adverb from √grah]√grah -> grāhya (participle, neuter)[adverb from √grah]√grah -> grāhyā (participle, feminine)[adverb from √grah]√grah -> grāhya (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √grah class 9 verb], [accusative single from √grah]√grah -> grāhya (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √grah class 9 verb], [accusative single from √grah class 9 verb], [nominative single from √grah], [accusative single from √grah]
- Line 4: “sa ca sarvadā pavanābhāve'pi kampate idameva tallakṣmeti ”
- sa -
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sa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- sarvadā -
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sarvadā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]sarvadā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- pavanā -
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pavana (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]pavana (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]pavanā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- abhāve' -
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abhāva (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- api -
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api (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]ap (noun, neuter)[locative single]api (Preverb)[Preverb]
- kampate -
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√kamp (verb class 1)[present middle third single]
- idam -
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idam (pronoun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- eva -
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eva (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]eva (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]eva (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- talla -
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talla (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]talla (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- kṣme -
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kṣmā (noun, feminine)[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- iti -
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iti (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]iti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.69
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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