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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 1.118
प्रथमं चापमारोय्य चूलिकां बन्धयेत्ततः ।
स्थानकं तु ततः कृत्वा बाणोपरि करं न्यसेत् ॥ ११८ ॥
prathamaṃ cāpamāroyya cūlikāṃ bandhayettataḥ |
sthānakaṃ tu tataḥ kṛtvā bāṇopari karaṃ nyaset || 118 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
First, one should mount the bow and then tie the stove. Then one should place the sthanaka and place one’s hand on the arrow.
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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 (1.118). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Prathamam, Prathama, Capa, Ara, Aru, Uyya, Culika, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Sthanaka, Kritva, Kritvan, Bana, Upari, Kara,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.118). 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: “prathamaṃ cāpamāroyya cūlikāṃ bandhayettataḥ ”
- prathamam -
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prathamam (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]prathamam (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]prathamam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]prathama (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]prathama (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]prathamā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- cāpam -
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cāpa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]cāpa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- āro -
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āra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]āra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]ārā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]āru (noun, feminine)[vocative single]āru (noun, masculine)[vocative single]√ār (verb class 4)[perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
- ūyya -
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√ūy -> ūyya (absolutive)[absolutive from √ūy]√ūy -> ūyya (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √ūy class 1 verb]√ūy -> ūyya (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √ūy class 1 verb]
- cūlikām -
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cūlikā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- bandhayet -
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√bandh (verb class 0)[optative active third single]
- tataḥ -
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tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tataḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tad (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]tata (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]sa (noun, masculine)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]sā (noun, feminine)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
- Line 2: “sthānakaṃ tu tataḥ kṛtvā bāṇopari karaṃ nyaset ”
- sthānakam -
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sthānaka (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]sthānaka (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- tataḥ -
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tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tataḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tad (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]tata (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]sa (noun, masculine)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]sā (noun, feminine)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
- kṛtvā -
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kṛtvā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √kṛ]√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √kṛ]√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √kṛ]√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √kṛ]kṛtvan (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- bāṇo -
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bāṇa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]bāṇa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]bāṇā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- upari -
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upari (indeclinable postposition)[indeclinable postposition]upari (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- karam -
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kara (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]kara (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.118
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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