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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 1.70
फलस्य पायनं वक्ष्ये दिव्यौषधिविलेपनैः ।
येन दुर्भेद्यवर्म्माणि भेदयेत्तरुपर्णवत् ॥ ७० ॥
phalasya pāyanaṃ vakṣye divyauṣadhivilepanaiḥ |
yena durbhedyavarmmāṇi bhedayettaruparṇavat || 70 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
I will tell you how to drink the fruit with divine herbal ointments. Just as the leaves of a tree can be pierced by this process, so one can pierce the shields that are difficult to pierce.
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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 (1.70). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Phala, Payana, Vakshya, Vilepana, Yena, Yah, Yat, Taru, Parnavat,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.70). 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: “phalasya pāyanaṃ vakṣye divyauṣadhivilepanaiḥ ”
- phalasya -
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phala (noun, masculine)[genitive single]phala (noun, neuter)[genitive single]
- pāyanam -
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pāyana (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]pāyanā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- vakṣye -
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√vakṣ -> vakṣya (participle, masculine)[locative single from √vakṣ class 1 verb], [locative single from √vakṣ]√vakṣ -> vakṣya (participle, neuter)[nominative dual from √vakṣ class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √vakṣ class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √vakṣ class 1 verb], [locative single from √vakṣ class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √vakṣ], [vocative dual from √vakṣ], [accusative dual from √vakṣ], [locative single from √vakṣ]√vakṣ -> vakṣyā (participle, feminine)[nominative dual from √vakṣ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √vakṣ class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √vakṣ class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √vakṣ class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √vakṣ], [vocative single from √vakṣ], [vocative dual from √vakṣ], [accusative dual from √vakṣ]√vah (verb class 1)[future middle first single]√vakṣ (verb class 1)[present passive first single]√vakṣ (verb class 0)[present passive first single]
- divyauṣadhi -
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divyauṣadhi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- vilepanaiḥ -
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vilepana (noun, neuter)[instrumental plural]
- Line 2: “yena durbhedyavarmmāṇi bhedayettaruparṇavat ”
- yena -
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yena (indeclinable)[indeclinable]ya (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[instrumental single]yat (pronoun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- Cannot analyse durbhedyavarmmāṇi*bh
- bhedayet -
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√bhid (verb class 0)[optative active third single]
- taru -
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taru (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]taru (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]taru (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- parṇavat -
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parṇavat (noun, masculine)[compound]parṇavat (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.70
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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