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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 1.124
पुष्पवद्धारयेद्बाणं सर्पवत्पीडयेद्धनुः ।
धनवच्चिन्तयेल्लक्ष्यं यदीच्छेत्सिद्धिमात्मनः ॥ १२४ ॥
puṣpavaddhārayedbāṇaṃ sarpavatpīḍayeddhanuḥ |
dhanavaccintayellakṣyaṃ yadīcchetsiddhimātmanaḥ || 124 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
One should hold the arrow like a flower and press the bow like a snake. If one desires self-realization, one should think of his goal as wealth.
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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 (1.124). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Pushpavat, Bana, Dhanavat, Lakshya, Yadi, Yad, Siddhi, Atman,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.124). 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: “puṣpavaddhārayedbāṇaṃ sarpavatpīḍayeddhanuḥ ”
- puṣpavaddh -
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puṣpavat (noun, masculine)[compound]puṣpavat (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- hārayed -
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√hṛ (verb class 0)[optative active third single]
- bāṇam -
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bāṇa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]bāṇa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]bāṇā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Cannot analyse sarpavatpīḍayeddhanuḥ
- Line 2: “dhanavaccintayellakṣyaṃ yadīcchetsiddhimātmanaḥ ”
- dhanavac -
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dhanavat (noun, masculine)[compound]dhanavat (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- cintayel -
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√cint (verb class 10)[optative active third single]
- 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]
- yadī -
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yadi (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]yadi (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yadi (indeclinable)[indeclinable]yad (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- icchet -
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√iṣ (verb class 6)[optative active third single]
- siddhim -
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siddhi (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- ātmanaḥ -
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ātman (noun, masculine)[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.124
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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