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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 1.161
अथ विधिः ।
वामादायाति यल्लक्ष्यं दक्षिणं हि प्रधावति ।
तच्छिन्द्याच्चापमाकृष्य सव्येनैव च पाणिना ॥ १६१ ॥
atha vidhiḥ |
vāmādāyāti yallakṣyaṃ dakṣiṇaṃ hi pradhāvati |
tacchindyāccāpamākṛṣya savyenaiva ca pāṇinā || 161 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
Then the method. The target that comes from the left is running to the right. With his left hand he should pull the bow and cut it to pieces.
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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 (1.161). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Atha, Vidhi, Vama, Ayat, Yalla, Kshi, Dakshina, Pradhavat, Tat, Tad, Capa, Akrishya, Savya, Pani, Panin,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.161). 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 vidhiḥ ”
- atha -
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atha (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- vidhiḥ -
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vidhi (noun, feminine)[nominative single]vidhi (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “vāmādāyāti yallakṣyaṃ dakṣiṇaṃ hi pradhāvati ”
- vāmād -
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vāma (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]vāma (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]
- āyāti -
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āyāti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]āyāti (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]āyāt (noun, masculine)[locative single]āyāt (noun, feminine)[locative single]āyāt (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- yalla -
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yalla (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- kṣya -
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kṣi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- am -
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a (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ā (noun, feminine)[adverb]e (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- dakṣiṇam -
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dakṣiṇa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]dakṣiṇa (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- hi -
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hi (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- pradhāvati -
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pradhāvat (noun, masculine)[locative single]pradhāvat (noun, feminine)[locative single]pradhāvat (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- Line 3: “tacchindyāccāpamākṛṣya savyenaiva ca pāṇinā ”
- tac -
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tat (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tad (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- chindyāc -
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√chid (verb class 7)[optative active third single]
- cāpam -
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cāpa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]cāpa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- ākṛṣya -
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ākṛṣya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ākṛṣya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- savyenai -
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savya (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]savya (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]√su -> savya (participle, masculine)[instrumental single from √su class 5 verb]√su -> savya (participle, neuter)[instrumental single from √su class 5 verb]√su -> savya (participle, masculine)[instrumental single from √su class 1 verb], [instrumental single from √su class 2 verb]√su -> savya (participle, neuter)[instrumental single from √su class 1 verb], [instrumental single from √su class 2 verb]√sū -> savya (participle, masculine)[instrumental single from √sū class 6 verb]√sū -> savya (participle, neuter)[instrumental single from √sū class 6 verb]√sū -> savya (participle, masculine)[instrumental single from √sū class 2 verb]√sū -> savya (participle, neuter)[instrumental single from √sū class 2 verb]
- aiva -
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√i (verb class 2)[imperfect active first dual]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- pāṇinā -
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pāṇi (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]pāṇin (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]pāṇin (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]pāṇī (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.161
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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