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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 1.95
अथ लक्ष्यम् ।
लक्ष्यं चतुर्विधं ज्ञेयं स्थिरं चैव चलन्तथा ।
चलाचलं द्वयचलं वेधनीयं क्रमेण तु ॥ ९५ ॥
atha lakṣyam |
lakṣyaṃ caturvidhaṃ jñeyaṃ sthiraṃ caiva calantathā |
calācalaṃ dvayacalaṃ vedhanīyaṃ krameṇa tu || 95 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
Then the goal. There are four types of goals to be understood, fixed and moving. The movable, the two-moving, the piercing should be done 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 (1.95). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Atha, Lakshya, Caturvidha, Jneya, Sthira, Calacala, Dvaya, Cala, Vedhaniya, Kramena, Krama,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.95). 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 lakṣyam ”
- atha -
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atha (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- lakṣyam -
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lakṣya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]lakṣya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]lakṣyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√lakṣ -> lakṣya (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √lakṣ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √lakṣ class 10 verb]√lakṣ -> lakṣya (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √lakṣ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √lakṣ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √lakṣ class 10 verb], [accusative single from √lakṣ class 10 verb]
- Line 2: “lakṣyaṃ caturvidhaṃ jñeyaṃ sthiraṃ caiva calantathā ”
- lakṣyam -
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lakṣya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]lakṣya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]lakṣyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√lakṣ -> lakṣya (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √lakṣ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √lakṣ class 10 verb]√lakṣ -> lakṣya (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √lakṣ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √lakṣ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √lakṣ class 10 verb], [accusative single from √lakṣ class 10 verb]
- caturvidham -
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caturvidha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]caturvidha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]caturvidhā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- jñeyam -
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jñeya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]jñeya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]jñeyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√jñā -> jñeya (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √jñā class 3 verb], [accusative single from √jñā class 9 verb]√jñā -> jñeya (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √jñā class 3 verb], [accusative single from √jñā class 3 verb], [nominative single from √jñā class 9 verb], [accusative single from √jñā class 9 verb]
- sthiram -
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sthira (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]sthira (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]sthirā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- cai -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]cā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- aiva -
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√i (verb class 2)[imperfect active first dual]
- Cannot analyse calantathā
- Line 3: “calācalaṃ dvayacalaṃ vedhanīyaṃ krameṇa tu ”
- calācalam -
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calācala (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]calācala (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]calācalā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- dvaya -
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dvaya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]dvaya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- calam -
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cala (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]cala (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]calā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- vedhanīyam -
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vedhanīya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]vedhanīya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]vedhanīyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√vedh -> vedhanīya (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √vedh class 1 verb]√vedh -> vedhanīya (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √vedh class 1 verb], [accusative single from √vedh class 1 verb]√vidh -> vedhanīya (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √vidh class 6 verb]√vidh -> vedhanīya (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √vidh class 6 verb], [accusative single from √vidh class 6 verb]√vidh -> vedhanīya (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √vidh class 1 verb], [accusative single from √vidh class 6 verb]√vidh -> vedhanīya (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √vidh class 1 verb], [accusative single from √vidh class 1 verb], [nominative single from √vidh class 6 verb], [accusative single from √vidh class 6 verb]√vyadh -> vedhanīya (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √vyadh class 4 verb]√vyadh -> vedhanīya (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √vyadh class 4 verb], [accusative single from √vyadh class 4 verb]
- krameṇa -
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krameṇa (indeclinable)[indeclinable]krama (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.95
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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