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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 1.102
वामहस्ते सुसंसिद्धे पश्चाद्दक्षिणमारभेत् ।
उभाभ्याञ्च श्रमं कुर्य्यान्नाराचैश्च शरैस्तथा ॥ १०२ ॥
vāmahaste susaṃsiddhe paścāddakṣiṇamārabhet |
ubhābhyāñca śramaṃ kuryyānnārācaiśca śaraistathā || 102 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
When the left hand is well completed, one should then start with the right hand. One should exert oneself with both bows and arrows.
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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 (1.102). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Vamahasta, Susa, Siddha, Siddhi, Ubha, Idam, Shrama, Shara, Tatha,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.102). 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: “vāmahaste susaṃsiddhe paścāddakṣiṇamārabhet ”
- vāmahaste -
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vāmahasta (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- susaṃ -
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susa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]susa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- siddhe -
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siddha (noun, masculine)[locative single]siddha (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]siddhā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]siddhi (noun, feminine)[vocative single]√sidh -> siddha (participle, masculine)[locative single from √sidh class 4 verb]√sidh -> siddha (participle, neuter)[nominative dual from √sidh class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √sidh class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √sidh class 4 verb], [locative single from √sidh class 4 verb]√sidh -> siddhā (participle, feminine)[nominative dual from √sidh class 4 verb], [vocative single from √sidh class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √sidh class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √sidh class 4 verb]√sidh -> siddha (participle, masculine)[locative single from √sidh class 1 verb]√sidh -> siddha (participle, neuter)[nominative dual from √sidh class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √sidh class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √sidh class 1 verb], [locative single from √sidh class 1 verb]√sidh -> siddhā (participle, feminine)[nominative dual from √sidh class 1 verb], [vocative single from √sidh class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √sidh class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √sidh class 1 verb]
- Cannot analyse paścāddakṣiṇamārabhet
- Line 2: “ubhābhyāñca śramaṃ kuryyānnārācaiśca śaraistathā ”
- ubhā -
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ubha (noun, masculine)[compound]ubha (noun, neuter)[compound]ubhā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- ābhyāñ -
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idam (pronoun, masculine)[instrumental dual], [dative dual], [ablative dual]idam (pronoun, neuter)[instrumental dual], [dative dual], [ablative dual]idam (pronoun, feminine)[instrumental dual], [dative dual], [ablative dual]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- śramam -
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śrama (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- Cannot analyse kuryyānnārācaiśca*śa
- śarais -
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śara (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]śara (noun, neuter)[instrumental plural]
- tathā -
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tathā (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tathā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tathā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.102
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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