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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 1.135
सूचीमुखा गतिस्तस्य सायकस्य प्रजायते ।
पत्रं विलोकितं यस्य ह्यथवा हीनपत्रकम् ॥ १३५ ॥
sūcīmukhā gatistasya sāyakasya prajāyate |
patraṃ vilokitaṃ yasya hyathavā hīnapatrakam || 135 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
The list-faced movement of the arrow is produced. Whoever has seen a leaf or whose leaf is missing.
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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 (1.135). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Sucimukha, Gati, Tad, Sayaka, Praja, Yushmad, Patra, Vilokita, Yasya, Yah, Yat, Athava, Hina, Patraka,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.135). 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: “sūcīmukhā gatistasya sāyakasya prajāyate ”
- sūcīmukhā* -
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sūcīmukha (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- gatis -
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gati (noun, feminine)[nominative single]gati (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- tasya -
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√tas -> tasya (absolutive)[absolutive from √tas]ta (noun, masculine)[genitive single]ta (noun, neuter)[genitive single]tad (noun, neuter)[genitive single]sa (noun, masculine)[genitive single]√tas (verb class 4)[imperative active second single]
- sāyakasya -
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sāyaka (noun, masculine)[genitive single]sāyaka (noun, neuter)[genitive single]
- prajāya -
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praja (noun, masculine)[dative single]praja (noun, neuter)[dative single]
- te -
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ta (noun, masculine)[locative single]ta (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]tā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]tad (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]sā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[dative single], [genitive single]
- Line 2: “patraṃ vilokitaṃ yasya hyathavā hīnapatrakam ”
- patram -
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patra (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]patra (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- vilokitam -
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vilokita (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]vilokita (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]vilokitā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- yasya -
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yasya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]yasya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√yas -> yasya (absolutive)[absolutive from √yas]ya (noun, masculine)[genitive single]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[genitive single]yat (pronoun, neuter)[genitive single]√yas (verb class 4)[imperative active second single]
- hya -
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hi (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- athavā -
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athavā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- hīna -
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hīna (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]hīna (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√hā -> hīna (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √hā class 1 verb], [vocative single from √hā class 3 verb]√hā -> hīna (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √hā class 1 verb], [vocative single from √hā class 3 verb]
- patrakam -
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patraka (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]patraka (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.135
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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