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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 1.160
अथ धावल्लक्ष्यम् ।
रथस्थेन गजस्थेन हयस्थेन च पत्तिना ।
धावता वै श्रमः कार्य्यो लक्ष्यं हन्तुं सुनिश्चितम् ॥ १६० ॥
atha dhāvallakṣyam |
rathasthena gajasthena hayasthena ca pattinā |
dhāvatā vai śramaḥ kāryyo lakṣyaṃ hantuṃ suniścitam || 160 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
Then the running target. He rode on a chariot, on an elephant and on a horse. A runner must work hard to hit the target with certainty.
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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 (1.160). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Atha, Dhavat, Lakshya, Rathastha, Gajastha, Haya, Tha, Patti, Pattin, Shrama, Hantu, Sunishcita,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.160). 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 dhāvallakṣyam ”
- atha -
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atha (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- dhāval -
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dhāvat (noun, masculine)[compound]dhāvat (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative 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]
- Line 2: “rathasthena gajasthena hayasthena ca pattinā ”
- rathasthena -
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rathastha (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]rathastha (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- gajasthena -
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gajastha (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]gajastha (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- hayas -
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haya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- thena -
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tha (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]tha (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- pattinā -
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patti (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]pattin (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]
- Line 3: “dhāvatā vai śramaḥ kāryyo lakṣyaṃ hantuṃ suniścitam ”
- dhāvatā -
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dhāvat (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]dhāvat (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- vai -
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√vā (verb class 1)[present middle first single], [imperative middle first single]
- śramaḥ -
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śrama (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- kāryyo -
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- 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]
- hantum -
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√han -> hantum (infinitive)[infinitive from √han]√han -> hantum (infinitive)[infinitive from √han]hantu (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- suniścitam -
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suniścita (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]suniścita (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]suniścitā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.160
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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