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.

गृहीतं हस्तनक्षत्रे चूर्णं छुच्छुन्दरी भवम् ।
तत्प्रभावाद्गजः पुंसः सम्मुखं नैति निश्चितम् ॥ ६ ॥

gṛhītaṃ hastanakṣatre cūrṇaṃ chucchundarī bhavam |
tatprabhāvādgajaḥ puṃsaḥ sammukhaṃ naiti niścitam || 6 ||

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

I took the powder in the hand star and became a chuchundari. Because of its influence, the elephant certainly does not appear in front of a man.

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

Grihita, Hastanakshatra, Curna, Chucchundari, Bhava, Tat, Tad, Prabhava, Gaja, Pums, Sammukham, Sammukha, Nri, Nishcita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 2.6). 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: “gṛhītaṃ hastanakṣatre cūrṇaṃ chucchundarī bhavam
  • gṛhītam -
  • gṛhīta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    gṛhīta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    gṛhītā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    grah -> gṛhīta (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √grah class 9 verb]
    grah -> gṛhīta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √grah class 9 verb], [accusative single from √grah class 9 verb]
  • hastanakṣatre -
  • hastanakṣatra (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    hastanakṣatra (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • cūrṇam -
  • cūrṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    cūrṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    cūrṇā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • chucchundarī -
  • chucchundarī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    chucchundari (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • bhavam -
  • bhava (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    bhava (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    bhavā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “tatprabhāvādgajaḥ puṃsaḥ sammukhaṃ naiti niścitam
  • tat -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • prabhāvād -
  • prabhāva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • gajaḥ -
  • gaja (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • puṃsaḥ -
  • puṃs (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • sammukham -
  • sammukham (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sammukha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sammukha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • nai -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    nṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • eti -
  • eti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    i (verb class 2)
    [present active third single]
  • niścitam -
  • niścita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    niścita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    niścitā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 2.6

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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