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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 1.115
श्रमं च कुर्वतस्तत्र भुजङ्गो दृश्यते यदि ।
अथवा भज्यते चापं यदैव श्रमकर्म्मणि ॥ ११५ ॥
śramaṃ ca kurvatastatra bhujaṅgo dṛśyate yadi |
athavā bhajyate cāpaṃ yadaiva śramakarmmaṇi || 115 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
If you see a snake there while you are exhausted Or else the bow may be broken whenever one is engaged in exhausting activities.
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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 (1.115). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Shrama, Kurvat, Tatra, Bhujanga, Drishyata, Yadi, Yad, Athava, Capa, Yada,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.115). 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: “śramaṃ ca kurvatastatra bhujaṅgo dṛśyate yadi ”
- śramam -
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śrama (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- kurvatas -
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kurvat (noun, masculine)[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]kurvat (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]√kṛ -> kurvat (participle, masculine)[accusative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [ablative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [genitive single from √kṛ class 8 verb]√kṛ -> kurvat (participle, neuter)[ablative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [genitive single from √kṛ class 8 verb]
- tatra -
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tatra (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tatra (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tatra (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- bhujaṅgo* -
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bhujaṅga (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- dṛśyate -
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dṛśyatā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]√dṛś (verb class 1)[present passive third single]
- yadi -
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yadi (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]yadi (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yadi (indeclinable)[indeclinable]yad (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- Line 2: “athavā bhajyate cāpaṃ yadaiva śramakarmmaṇi ”
- athavā -
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athavā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- bhajyate -
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√bhaj (verb class 1)[present passive third single]√bhañj (verb class 7)[present passive third single]
- cāpam -
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cāpa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]cāpa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- yadai -
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yadā (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]yadā (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yadā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]yad (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]
- aiva -
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√i (verb class 2)[imperfect active first dual]
- Cannot analyse śramakarmmaṇi
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.115
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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