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 1.175

ततस्तु साधयेन्मन्त्रान्वेदोक्तानागमोदितान् ।
अस्त्राणां कर्म्मसिद्ध्यर्थं जपहोम विधानतः ॥ १७५ ॥

tatastu sādhayenmantrānvedoktānāgamoditān |
astrāṇāṃ karmmasiddhyarthaṃ japahoma vidhānataḥ || 175 ||

Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.

Then one should chant the mantras mentioned in the Vedas and the Vedas. The weapons are used to chant and offer sacrifices in accordance with the prescribed rituals.

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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 (1.175). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatah, Tad, Tata, Mantra, Vedokta, Agama, Udita, Astra, Japahoma, Vidhanatah, Vidhanatas,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.175). 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: “tatastu sādhayenmantrānvedoktānāgamoditān
  • tatas -
  • tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    tata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    tan -> tata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • sādhayen -
  • sidh (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • mantrān -
  • mantra (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • vedoktān -
  • vedokta (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • āgamo -
  • āgama (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    āgama (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    āgamā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • uditān -
  • udita (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
    vad -> udita (participle, masculine)
    [accusative plural from √vad class 1 verb]
  • Line 2: “astrāṇāṃ karmmasiddhyarthaṃ japahoma vidhānataḥ
  • astrāṇām -
  • astra (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
  • Cannot analyse karmmasiddhyartham*ja
  • japahoma -
  • japahoma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vidhānataḥ -
  • vidhānataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    vidhānatas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.175

Cover of edition (2001)

Dhanurveda Samhita (धनुर्वेदसंहिता)
by Hardayalu Swami (2001)

Publisher: Khemraj Shrikrishnadass

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Cover of edition (2023)

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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Cover of edition (2007)

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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