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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 1.144
निर्दोषः शब्दहीनश्च सममुष्टिद्वयोऽङ्कितः ।
भिनक्ति दृढभेद्यानि सायको नास्ति संशयः ॥ १४४ ॥
nirdoṣaḥ śabdahīnaśca samamuṣṭidvayo'ṅkitaḥ |
bhinakti dṛḍhabhedyāni sāyako nāsti saṃśayaḥ || 144 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
He was flawless and soundless and was marked with two equal fists There is no doubt that the arrow breaks through the strongest piercings.
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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 (1.144). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Nirdosha, Shabda, Hina, Sama, Mushti, Dvaya, Dvayu, Ankita, Bha, Dridha, Bhedya, Sayaka, Nasti, Samshaya,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.144). 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: “nirdoṣaḥ śabdahīnaśca samamuṣṭidvayo'ṅkitaḥ ”
- nirdoṣaḥ -
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nirdoṣa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- śabda -
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śabda (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- hīnaś -
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hīna (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√hā -> hīna (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √hā class 1 verb], [nominative single from √hā class 3 verb]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- sama -
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sama (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]sama (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√sam (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- muṣṭi -
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muṣṭi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]muṣṭi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]muṣṭi (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]muṣṭī (noun, masculine)[adverb]muṣṭī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]muṣṭī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- dvayo' -
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dvaya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]dvayu (noun, masculine)[vocative single]dvayu (noun, feminine)[vocative single]
- aṅkitaḥ -
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aṅkita (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “bhinakti dṛḍhabhedyāni sāyako nāsti saṃśayaḥ ”
- bhi -
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bhī (noun, feminine)[adverb]bhā (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- nakti -
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nakti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- dṛḍha -
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dṛḍha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]dṛḍha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- bhedyāni -
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bhedya (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√bhid -> bhedya (participle, neuter)[nominative plural from √bhid], [vocative plural from √bhid], [accusative plural from √bhid]
- sāyako* -
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sāyaka (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- nāsti -
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nāsti (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- saṃśayaḥ -
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saṃśaya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.144
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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