Dhanurveda Samhita [sanskrit]

3,015 words

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.

अथ गुणमुष्टिः ।
पताका वज्रमुष्टिश्च सिंहकर्णस्तथैव च ।
मत्सरी काकतुण्डी च योजनीया यथाक्रमम् ॥ ८४ ॥

atha guṇamuṣṭiḥ |
patākā vajramuṣṭiśca siṃhakarṇastathaiva ca |
matsarī kākatuṇḍī ca yojanīyā yathākramam || 84 ||

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

Then the fist of virtues. They also carried flags, thunderbolts and fists and lion’s ears. The matsari and kakatundi should be placed in order.

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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 (1.84). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Atha, Guna, Mushti, Pataka, Vajramushti, Simhakarna, Tatha, Matsarin, Matsari, Kakatundi, Yojaniya, Yatha, Akramam, Akrama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.84). 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 guṇamuṣṭiḥ
  • atha -
  • atha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • guṇa -
  • guṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • muṣṭiḥ -
  • muṣṭi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    muṣṭi (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “patākā vajramuṣṭiśca siṃhakarṇastathaiva ca
  • patākā* -
  • patāka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    patākā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • vajramuṣṭiś -
  • vajramuṣṭi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • siṃhakarṇas -
  • siṃhakarṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tathai -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tatha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tatha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 3: “matsarī kākatuṇḍī ca yojanīyā yathākramam
  • matsarī -
  • matsarī (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    matsarī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    matsarin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • kākatuṇḍī -
  • kākatuṇḍī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • yojanīyā* -
  • yojanīya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    yojanīyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    yuj -> yojanīya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √yuj class 7 verb], [vocative plural from √yuj class 7 verb], [nominative plural from √yuj], [vocative plural from √yuj]
    yuj -> yojanīyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √yuj class 7 verb], [vocative plural from √yuj class 7 verb], [accusative plural from √yuj class 7 verb], [nominative plural from √yuj], [vocative plural from √yuj], [accusative plural from √yuj]
  • yathā -
  • yathā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    yathā (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • akramam -
  • akramam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    akrama (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    akrama (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    akramā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    kram (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active first single], [aorist active first single]
    kram (verb class 4)
    [aorist active first single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.84

Cover of edition (2001)

Dhanurveda Samhita (धनुर्वेदसंहिता)
by Hardayalu Swami (2001)

Publisher: Khemraj Shrikrishnadass

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Cover of edition (2023)

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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Cover of edition (2007)

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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