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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 1.120
सकृदाकृष्टचापेन भूमिवेधं न कारयेत् ।
नमस्कुर्य्याच्च मां विघ्नराजं गुरुं धनुः शरान् ॥ १२० ॥
sakṛdākṛṣṭacāpena bhūmivedhaṃ na kārayet |
namaskuryyācca māṃ vighnarājaṃ guruṃ dhanuḥ śarān || 120 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
Do not pierce the ground with a bow drawn once. He should also offer obeisances to Me, the king of obstacles, the spiritual master, the bow 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 (1.120). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Sakrit, Akrishta, Capa, Bhumi, Vedha, Asmad, Vighnaraj, Vighnaraja, Guru, Dhanu, Dhanus, Shara,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.120). 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: “sakṛdākṛṣṭacāpena bhūmivedhaṃ na kārayet ”
- sakṛd -
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sakṛt (indeclinable)[indeclinable]sakṛt (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]sakṛt (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]sakṛt (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- ākṛṣṭa -
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ākṛṣṭa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ākṛṣṭa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- cāpena -
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cāpa (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]cāpa (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- bhūmi -
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bhūmi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]bhūmi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]bhūmī (noun, masculine)[adverb], [vocative single]bhūmī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]bhūmī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- vedham -
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vedha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]vedha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]vedhā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- kārayet -
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√kṛ (verb class 0)[optative active third single]
- Line 2: “namaskuryyācca māṃ vighnarājaṃ guruṃ dhanuḥ śarān ”
- Cannot analyse namaskuryyācca*mā
- mām -
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mā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]asmad (pronoun, none)[accusative single]
- vighnarājam -
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vighnarāja (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]vighnarāj (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- gurum -
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guru (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- dhanuḥ -
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dhanus (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]dhanu (noun, feminine)[nominative single]dhanu (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- śarān -
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śara (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.120
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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