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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 1.189
हूं फट् चैवप्रयोक्तव्यं क्षिपेद्ब्रह्मशिरस्तः ।
पुरश्चर्य्यां पुरस्कृत्वा त्रिलक्ष्यं नियतः शुचिः ॥ १८९ ॥
hūṃ phaṭ caivaprayoktavyaṃ kṣipedbrahmaśirastaḥ |
puraścaryyāṃ puraskṛtvā trilakṣyaṃ niyataḥ śuciḥ || 189 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
Hum phat should also be used and one should throw it on the head of the Brahma. After performing the ritualistic ceremonies he observed three lakhs of rituals and was self-controlled and pure.
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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 (1.189). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Hum, Phat, Prayoktavya, Brahmashiras, Brahmashira, Tas, Lakshya, Niyata, Shuci,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.189). 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: “hūṃ phaṭ caivaprayoktavyaṃ kṣipedbrahmaśirastaḥ ”
- hūm -
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hūm (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- phaṭ -
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phaṭ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- cai -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]cā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- aiva -
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√i (verb class 2)[imperfect active first dual]
- prayoktavyam -
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prayoktavya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]prayoktavya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]prayoktavyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- kṣiped -
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√kṣip (verb class 6)[optative active third single]
- brahmaśiras -
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brahmaśiras (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]brahmaśira (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- taḥ -
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tas (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]tas (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]ta (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “puraścaryyāṃ puraskṛtvā trilakṣyaṃ niyataḥ śuciḥ ”
- Cannot analyse puraścaryyām*pu
- Cannot analyse puraskṛtvā*tr
- tri -
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tri (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]
- lakṣyam -
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lakṣya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]lakṣya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]lakṣyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√lakṣ -> lakṣya (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √lakṣ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √lakṣ class 10 verb]√lakṣ -> lakṣya (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √lakṣ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √lakṣ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √lakṣ class 10 verb], [accusative single from √lakṣ class 10 verb]
- niyataḥ -
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niyata (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- śuciḥ -
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śuci (noun, masculine)[nominative single]śuci (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.189
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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