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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 2.3
अधः पुष्पी शङ्खपुष्पी लज्जालुर्गिरिकर्णिका ।
नलिनी सहदेवी च पत्रमोञ्जार्कयोस्तथा ॥ ३ ॥
adhaḥ puṣpī śaṅkhapuṣpī lajjālurgirikarṇikā |
nalinī sahadevī ca patramoñjārkayostathā || 3 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
The lower flower is the conch flower, the shy mountain ear. Nalini and Sahadevi were the two sons of Patramonja and Arka.
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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 (2.3). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Adhah, Adhas, Pushpin, Pushpi, Shankhapushpi, Lajjalu, Girikarnika, Nalini, Sahadevi, Patra, Asmad, Arka, Tatha,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 2.3). 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: “adhaḥ puṣpī śaṅkhapuṣpī lajjālurgirikarṇikā ”
- adhaḥ -
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adhaḥ (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]adhaḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]adhas (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- puṣpī -
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puṣpī (noun, masculine)[compound]puṣpī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]puṣpin (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- śaṅkhapuṣpī -
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śaṅkhapuṣpī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]śaṅkhapuṣpī (noun, masculine)[compound]
- lajjālur -
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lajjālu (noun, feminine)[nominative single]lajjālu (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- girikarṇikā -
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girikarṇikā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “nalinī sahadevī ca patramoñjārkayostathā ”
- nalinī -
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nalinī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]
- sahadevī -
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sahadevī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- patra -
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patra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]patra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- mo -
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mā (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]ma (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ma (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]mā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]mu (noun, masculine)[vocative single]asmad (pronoun, none)[accusative single]
- ūñ -
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u (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- jā -
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ja (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ja (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]jā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- arkayos -
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arka (noun, masculine)[genitive dual], [locative dual]arka (noun, neuter)[genitive dual], [locative dual]
- tathā -
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tathā (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tathā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tathā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 2.3
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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