Dhanurveda Samhita [sanskrit]

3,015 words

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 1.131

अथ शीघ्र सन्धानम् ।
आदानं चैव तूणीरात्सन्धानं कर्षणं तथा ।
क्षेपणं च त्वरा युक्तो बाणस्य कुरुते तुयः ॥ १३१ ॥

atha śīghra sandhānam |
ādānaṃ caiva tūṇīrātsandhānaṃ karṣaṇaṃ tathā |
kṣepaṇaṃ ca tvarā yukto bāṇasya kurute tuyaḥ || 131 ||

Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.

Then there’s the quick fix. They also brought in, joined and pulled from the quiver. Tuya is quick to throw 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 (1.131). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Atha, Shighra, Sandhana, Adana, Tunira, Karshana, Tatha, Kshepana, Tvara, Yukta, Bana, Kuruta, Yah,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.131). 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: “atha śīghra sandhānam
  • atha -
  • atha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • śīghra -
  • śīghra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śīghra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sandhānam -
  • sandhāna (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sandhāna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sandhānā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “ādānaṃ caiva tūṇīrātsandhānaṃ karṣaṇaṃ tathā
  • ādānam -
  • ādāna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • cai -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • tūṇīrāt -
  • tūṇīra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • sandhānam -
  • sandhāna (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sandhāna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sandhānā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • karṣaṇam -
  • karṣaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    karṣaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    karṣaṇā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • tathā -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 3: “kṣepaṇaṃ ca tvarā yukto bāṇasya kurute tuyaḥ
  • kṣepaṇam -
  • kṣepaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tvarā* -
  • tvarā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • yukto* -
  • yukta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yuj -> yukta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √yuj class 7 verb]
  • bāṇasya -
  • bāṇa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    bāṇa (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • kurute -
  • kurutā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    kuruta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    kuruta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    kṛ (verb class 8)
    [present middle third single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • yaḥ -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.131

Cover of edition (2001)

Dhanurveda Samhita (धनुर्वेदसंहिता)
by Hardayalu Swami (2001)

Publisher: Khemraj Shrikrishnadass

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Cover of edition (2023)

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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Cover of edition (2007)

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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