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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 1.108
चतुः शतैर्श्च काण्डानां यो हि लक्ष्यं विसर्ज्जयेत् ।
सूर्य्योदये चास्तमने स ज्येष्ठो धन्विनां भवेत् ॥ १०८ ॥
catuḥ śatairśca kāṇḍānāṃ yo hi lakṣyaṃ visarjjayet |
sūryyodaye cāstamane sa jyeṣṭho dhanvināṃ bhavet || 108 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
Anyone who throws away a target with four hundred stems When the sun rises and sets, he is the eldest of the bowmen.
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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 (1.108). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Catu, Catus, Kanda, Yah, Lakshya, Tamana, Jyeshtha, Dhanvin,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.108). 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: “catuḥ śatairśca kāṇḍānāṃ yo hi lakṣyaṃ visarjjayet ”
- catuḥ -
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catur (noun, masculine)[adverb]catus (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]catu (noun, masculine)[nominative single]catu (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- Cannot analyse śatairśca*kā
- kāṇḍānām -
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kāṇḍa (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]kāṇḍa (noun, neuter)[genitive plural]
- yo* -
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yaḥ (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]ya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative single]
- hi -
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hi (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- 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]
- Cannot analyse visarjjayet
- Line 2: “sūryyodaye cāstamane sa jyeṣṭho dhanvināṃ bhavet ”
- Cannot analyse sūryyodaye*cā
- cās -
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ca (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]cā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- tamane -
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tamana (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- sa -
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sa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- jyeṣṭho* -
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jyeṣṭha (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- dhanvinām -
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dhanvin (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]dhanvin (noun, neuter)[genitive plural]
- bhavet -
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√bhū (verb class 1)[optative active third single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.108
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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