![Dhanurveda Samhita [sanskrit] - book cover](/uploads/a/Dhanurveda-Sanskrit.jpg)
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 1.149
चतुर्विंशति चर्म्माणि यो भिनत्तीषुणा नरः ।
तस्य बाणो गजेन्द्रस्य कायं निर्भिद्य गच्छति ॥ १४९ ॥
caturviṃśati carmmāṇi yo bhinattīṣuṇā naraḥ |
tasya bāṇo gajendrasya kāyaṃ nirbhidya gacchati || 149 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
A man who pierces twenty-four skins with an arrow The arrow of the demon pierces the body of the lord of the elephants and goes away.
English translation by Hardayalu Swami (2001) Buy now!
Glossary of Sanskrit terms
Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (1.149). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Caturvimshat, Yah, Ishu, Nara, Nri, Tad, Bana, Gajendra, Kaya, Nirbhi, Gacchat,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.149). 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: “caturviṃśati carmmāṇi yo bhinattīṣuṇā naraḥ ”
- caturviṃśati -
-
caturviṃśati (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]caturviṃśat (noun, feminine)[locative single]
- Cannot analyse carmmāṇi*yo
- yo* -
-
yaḥ (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]ya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative single]
- bhinattī -
-
√bhid (verb class 7)[present active third single]
- iṣuṇā -
-
iṣu (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]
- naraḥ -
-
nara (noun, masculine)[nominative single]nṛ (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- Line 2: “tasya bāṇo gajendrasya kāyaṃ nirbhidya gacchati ”
- tasya -
-
√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]
- bāṇo* -
-
bāṇa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- gajendrasya -
-
gajendra (noun, masculine)[genitive single]
- kāyam -
-
kāya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]kāya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]kāyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- nirbhi -
-
nirbhī (noun, masculine)[adverb], [vocative single]nirbhī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]nirbhī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]
- dya -
-
√dā (verb class 4)[imperative active second single]
- gacchati -
-
gacchat (noun, masculine)[locative single]gacchat (noun, neuter)[locative single]√gam (verb class 1)[present active third single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.149
Dhanurveda Samhita (धनुर्वेदसंहिता)
by Hardayalu Swami (2001)
Publisher: Khemraj Shrikrishnadass
Buy now!
Vasistha’s Dhanurveda Samhita
by Purnima Ray (2023)
Publisher: Khemraj Shrikrishnadas; ISBN-10: 818670289X; ISBN-13: 9788186702895; 88 pages including 18 illustrations;
Buy now!
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.
Buy now!