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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 2.4
विष्णुकान्ता च सर्वासां जटा ग्राह्या रवेर्दिने ।
बद्धा भुजे विलेपाद्वा काये शस्त्रापवारकाः ॥ ४ ॥
viṣṇukāntā ca sarvāsāṃ jaṭā grāhyā raverdine |
baddhā bhuje vilepādvā kāye śastrāpavārakāḥ || 4 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
The matted hair of all women who are devoted to Lord Vishnu should be accepted on the day of the sun. They were tied to their arms and smeared with ointment and prevented from weapons on their bodies.
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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 (2.4). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Vishnukanta, Sarva, Jata, Grahi, Grahya, Ravi, Dina, Baddha, Bhuj, Bhuja, Bhuji, Vilepa, Kaya, Shastra, Shastri, Apavara,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 2.4). 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: “viṣṇukāntā ca sarvāsāṃ jaṭā grāhyā raverdine ”
- viṣṇukāntā -
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viṣṇukāntā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- sarvāsām -
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sarvā (noun, feminine)[genitive plural]
- jaṭā* -
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jaṭa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]jaṭā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- grāhyā* -
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grāhi (noun, feminine)[ablative single], [genitive single]grāhī (noun, feminine)[ablative single], [genitive single]grāhya (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]grāhyā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√grah -> grāhya (participle, masculine)[nominative plural from √grah class 9 verb], [vocative plural from √grah class 9 verb], [nominative plural from √grah], [vocative plural from √grah]√grah -> grāhyā (participle, feminine)[nominative plural from √grah class 9 verb], [vocative plural from √grah class 9 verb], [accusative plural from √grah class 9 verb], [nominative plural from √grah], [vocative plural from √grah], [accusative plural from √grah]
- raver -
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ravi (noun, masculine)[ablative single], [genitive single]√ru (verb class 1)[optative active second single]
- dine -
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dina (noun, masculine)[locative single]dina (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]dinā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- Line 2: “baddhā bhuje vilepādvā kāye śastrāpavārakāḥ ”
- baddhā* -
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baddha (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]baddhā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- bhuje -
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bhuj (noun, feminine)[dative single]bhuj (noun, masculine)[dative single]bhuja (noun, masculine)[locative single]bhujā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]bhuji (noun, feminine)[vocative single]bhuji (noun, masculine)[vocative single]√bhuj (verb class 6)[present middle first single]
- vilepād -
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vilepa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]
- vā -
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vā (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]vā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√vā (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- kāye -
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kāya (noun, masculine)[locative single]kāya (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]kāyā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- śastrā -
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śastra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]śastra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]śastṛ (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]
- apavāra -
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apavāra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]apavāra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- kāḥ -
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kās (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]kā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 2.4
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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