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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 1.179
अथास्त्राणि ।
अथास्त्राणि प्रवक्ष्यामि सावधानोऽवधारय ।
ब्रह्मास्त्रं प्रथमं प्रोक्तं द्वितीयं ब्रह्मदण्डकम् ॥ १७९ ॥
athāstrāṇi |
athāstrāṇi pravakṣyāmi sāvadhāno'vadhāraya |
brahmāstraṃ prathamaṃ proktaṃ dvitīyaṃ brahmadaṇḍakam || 179 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
Then the weapons. Now I shall describe the weapons, and you should understand them carefully. The first is the Brahmastra, and the second is the Brahmadandaka.
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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 (1.179). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Atha, Astra, Prava, Kshi, Amin, Savadhana, Avadha, Raya, Brahmastra, Prathamam, Prathama, Prokta, Dvitiyam, Dvitiya, Brahmadanda, Kah,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.179). 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: “athāstrāṇi ”
- athā -
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athā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]atha (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- astrāṇi -
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astra (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- Line 2: “athāstrāṇi pravakṣyāmi sāvadhāno'vadhāraya ”
- athā -
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athā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]atha (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- astrāṇi -
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astra (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- prava -
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prava (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]prava (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- kṣyā -
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kṣi (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]
- ami -
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amin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]amin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- sāvadhāno' -
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sāvadhāna (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- avadhā -
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avadhā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- raya -
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raya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]√ram -> raya (absolutive)[absolutive from √ram]√ray (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- Line 3: “brahmāstraṃ prathamaṃ proktaṃ dvitīyaṃ brahmadaṇḍakam ”
- brahmāstram -
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brahmāstra (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- prathamam -
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prathamam (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]prathamam (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]prathamam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]prathama (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]prathama (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]prathamā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- proktam -
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prokta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]prokta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]proktā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- dvitīyam -
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dvitīyam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]dvitīya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]dvitīya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]dvitīyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- brahmadaṇḍa -
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brahmadaṇḍa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- kam -
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ka (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]ka (noun, masculine)[accusative single]kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[accusative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.179
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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