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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 1.164
वायुः पृष्ठे दक्षिणे च वहन् सूचयते बलम् ।
सन्मुखीनश्च वामश्च भटानां भङ्गसूचकः ॥ १६४ ॥
vāyuḥ pṛṣṭhe dakṣiṇe ca vahan sūcayate balam |
sanmukhīnaśca vāmaśca bhaṭānāṃ bhaṅgasūcakaḥ || 164 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
The wind is carrying behind and to the right, indicating strength. The front and left sides indicated the breakdown of the soldiers.
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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 (1.164). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Vayu, Prishthe, Prishtha, Dakshine, Dakshina, Vahat, Sucayat, Bala, Sat, Sad, Muc, Hina, Vama, Bhata, Bhanga, Sucaka,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.164). 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: “vāyuḥ pṛṣṭhe dakṣiṇe ca vahan sūcayate balam ”
- vāyuḥ -
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vāyu (noun, masculine)[nominative single]vāyu (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√vā (verb class 2)[optative active third plural]
- pṛṣṭhe -
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pṛṣṭhe (indeclinable)[indeclinable]pṛṣṭha (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- dakṣiṇe -
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dakṣiṇe (indeclinable)[indeclinable]dakṣiṇa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [locative single]dakṣiṇa (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]dakṣiṇā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- vahan -
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√vah -> vahat (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √vah class 1 verb], [vocative single from √vah class 1 verb]
- sūcayate -
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√sūc -> sūcayat (participle, masculine)[dative single from √sūc class 10 verb]√sūc -> sūcayat (participle, neuter)[dative single from √sūc class 10 verb]√sūc (verb class 10)[present middle third single]
- balam -
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bala (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]bala (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]balā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Line 2: “sanmukhīnaśca vāmaśca bhaṭānāṃ bhaṅgasūcakaḥ ”
- san -
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sat (indeclinable)[indeclinable]sat (noun, masculine)[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single]sad (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]sad (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]sat (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- muk -
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muc (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]muc (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]muc (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative 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]
- vāmaś -
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vāma (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√vā (verb class 2)[present active first plural]√vā (verb class 1)[present active first plural]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- bhaṭānām -
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bhaṭa (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]bhaṭā (noun, feminine)[genitive plural]
- bhaṅga -
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bhaṅga (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]bhaṅga (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- sūcakaḥ -
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sūcaka (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.164
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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