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 1.198

ओं वज्रनखवज्रदंष्ट्रायुधाय महासिंहाय हुं फट् ।
पूर्वं जप्त्वा च लक्षं हि नरसिंहञ्च योजयेत् ।
सिंहरूपास्ततो बाणा पतन्ति शात्रवे वने ॥ १९८ ॥

oṃ vajranakhavajradaṃṣṭrāyudhāya mahāsiṃhāya huṃ phaṭ |
pūrvaṃ japtvā ca lakṣaṃ hi narasiṃhañca yojayet |
siṃharūpāstato bāṇā patanti śātrave vane || 198 ||

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

ओं thunderbolt-nail-thunder-toothed-weapon-bearer-great-lion hmm phat. After chanting the mantra first, one should add one lakh of Narasimha. Then arrows in the form of lions fall upon the enemy in the forest.

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

Vajranakha, Vajradamshtra, Ayudha, Mahasimha, Hum, Phat, Purvam, Purva, Laksha, Nara, Ham, Simharupa, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Bana, Patanti, Patat, Shatrava, Vana, Vani,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.198). 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: “oṃ vajranakhavajradaṃṣṭrāyudhāya mahāsiṃhāya huṃ phaṭ
  • Cannot analyse om*va
  • vajranakha -
  • vajranakha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vajranakha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vajradaṃṣṭrā -
  • vajradaṃṣṭra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vajradaṃṣṭra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vajradaṃṣṭrā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ayudhāya -
  • ayudha (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
  • mahāsiṃhāya -
  • mahāsiṃha (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
  • hum -
  • hum (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • phaṭ -
  • phaṭ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • Line 2: “pūrvaṃ japtvā ca lakṣaṃ hi narasiṃhañca yojayet
  • pūrvam -
  • pūrvam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    pūrva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pūrva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • japtvā -
  • jap -> japtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √jap]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • lakṣam -
  • lakṣa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    lakṣa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    lakṣā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • nara -
  • nara (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nara (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • siṃ -
  • si (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • hañ -
  • ham (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    han (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • yojayet -
  • yuj (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 3: “siṃharūpāstato bāṇā patanti śātrave vane
  • siṃharūpās -
  • siṃharūpa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • tato* -
  • 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]
  • bāṇā -
  • bāṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • patanti -
  • patantī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    patat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    pat -> patat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √pat class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √pat class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √pat class 1 verb]
    pat -> patantī (participle, feminine)
    [vocative single from √pat class 1 verb]
    pat (verb class 1)
    [present active third plural]
  • śātrave -
  • śātrava (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    śātrava (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • vane -
  • vana (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    vana (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    vanā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    vani (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    vani (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.198

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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