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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 1.171
एवं श्रमविधिं कुर्य्याद्यावद् सिद्धिः प्रजायते ।
श्रमे सिद्धे च वर्षासु नैव ग्राह्यं धनुष्करे ॥ १७१ ॥
evaṃ śramavidhiṃ kuryyādyāvad siddhiḥ prajāyate |
śrame siddhe ca varṣāsu naiva grāhyaṃ dhanuṣkare || 171 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
Thus one should perform the ritual of labor until one attains perfection. It is not acceptable to be a bowman when he is tired and perfect in the rainy season.
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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 (1.171). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Evam, Eva, Shrama, Vidhi, Siddhi, Praja, Tad, Yushmad, Siddha, Varsha, Naiva, Grahya, Dhanushkara,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.171). 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: “evaṃ śramavidhiṃ kuryyādyāvad siddhiḥ prajāyate ”
- evam -
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evam (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]evam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]eva (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]eva (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]evā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- śrama -
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śrama (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- vidhim -
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vidhi (noun, feminine)[accusative single]vidhi (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- Cannot analyse kuryyādyāvad*si
- siddhiḥ -
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siddhi (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- prajāya -
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praja (noun, masculine)[dative single]praja (noun, neuter)[dative single]
- te -
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ta (noun, masculine)[locative single]ta (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]tā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]tad (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]sā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[dative single], [genitive single]
- Line 2: “śrame siddhe ca varṣāsu naiva grāhyaṃ dhanuṣkare ”
- śrame -
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śrama (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- siddhe -
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siddha (noun, masculine)[locative single]siddha (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]siddhā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]siddhi (noun, feminine)[vocative single]√sidh -> siddha (participle, masculine)[locative single from √sidh class 4 verb]√sidh -> siddha (participle, neuter)[nominative dual from √sidh class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √sidh class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √sidh class 4 verb], [locative single from √sidh class 4 verb]√sidh -> siddhā (participle, feminine)[nominative dual from √sidh class 4 verb], [vocative single from √sidh class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √sidh class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √sidh class 4 verb]√sidh -> siddha (participle, masculine)[locative single from √sidh class 1 verb]√sidh -> siddha (participle, neuter)[nominative dual from √sidh class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √sidh class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √sidh class 1 verb], [locative single from √sidh class 1 verb]√sidh -> siddhā (participle, feminine)[nominative dual from √sidh class 1 verb], [vocative single from √sidh class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √sidh class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √sidh class 1 verb]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- varṣāsu -
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varṣā (noun, feminine)[locative plural]
- naiva -
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naiva (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- grāhyam -
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grāhya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]grāhya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]grāhyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√grah -> grāhya (participle, masculine)[adverb from √grah]√grah -> grāhya (participle, neuter)[adverb from √grah]√grah -> grāhyā (participle, feminine)[adverb from √grah]√grah -> grāhya (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √grah class 9 verb], [accusative single from √grah]√grah -> grāhya (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √grah class 9 verb], [accusative single from √grah class 9 verb], [nominative single from √grah], [accusative single from √grah]
- dhanuṣkare -
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dhanuṣkara (noun, masculine)[locative single]dhanuṣkara (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]dhanuṣkarā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.171
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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