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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 2.12
अथ विधिरूपवासः ।
शुभ्रायाः परपुङ्खाया जटनीली जटाथवा ।
भुजे शिरसि वक्त्रे वा स्थिता शस्त्रनिवारिका ।
भूपाहिचोरभीतिघ्नी गृहीता पुष्यभास्करे ॥ १२ ॥
atha vidhirūpavāsaḥ |
śubhrāyāḥ parapuṅkhāyā jaṭanīlī jaṭāthavā |
bhuje śirasi vaktre vā sthitā śastranivārikā |
bhūpāhicorabhītighnī gṛhītā puṣyabhāskare || 12 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
Then the dress in the form of a ritual. The white, other-winged, matted hair or blue matted hair. A weapon preventer is placed on the arm, head or face. The sun-god, who destroys the fear of kings, snakes and thieves, was captured in the month of Pushya.
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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 (2.12). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Atha, Vidhi, Vasas, Vasa, Shubhra, Para, Punkha, Jatat, Ili, Jata, Hava, Bhuj, Bhuja, Bhuji, Shiras, Vaktri, Vaktra, Sthita, Shastra, Nivarin, Bhupa, Ahi, Cora, Bhiti, Grihitri, Grihita, Pushya, Bhaskara, Bhaskari,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 2.12). 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: “atha vidhirūpavāsaḥ ”
- atha -
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atha (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- vidhir -
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vidhi (noun, feminine)[nominative single]vidhi (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- ūpa -
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√vap (verb class 1)[perfect active second plural]√vap (verb class 1)[perfect active second plural]
- vāsaḥ -
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vāsas (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]vāsa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “śubhrāyāḥ parapuṅkhāyā jaṭanīlī jaṭāthavā ”
- śubhrāyāḥ -
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śubhrā (noun, feminine)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- para -
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para (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]para (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- puṅkhāyā* -
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puṅkhā (noun, feminine)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- jaṭan -
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√jaṭ -> jaṭat (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √jaṭ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √jaṭ class 1 verb]
- īlī -
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īlī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]īli (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- jaṭāt -
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jaṭa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]jaṭa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]
- havā -
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havā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- Line 3: “bhuje śirasi vaktre vā sthitā śastranivārikā ”
- 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]
- śirasi -
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śiras (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- vaktre -
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vaktṛ (noun, masculine)[dative single]vaktra (noun, masculine)[locative single]vaktra (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]vaktrā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- vā -
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vā (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]vā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√vā (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- sthitā -
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sthitā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√sthā -> sthitā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √sthā class 1 verb]
- śastra -
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śastra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]śastra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- nivāri -
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nivārin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]nivārin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- kā -
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kā (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]kā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative single]
- Line 4: “bhūpāhicorabhītighnī gṛhītā puṣyabhāskare ”
- bhūpā -
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bhūpa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- ahi -
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ahi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]ahī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]ahī (noun, masculine)[adverb], [vocative single]
- cora -
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cora (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]√cur (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- bhīti -
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bhīti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]bhītī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]
- ghnī -
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ghnī (noun, feminine)[compound]ghnī (noun, masculine)[compound]
- gṛhītā -
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gṛhītṛ (noun, masculine)[nominative single]gṛhītā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√grah -> gṛhītā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √grah class 9 verb]
- puṣya -
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puṣya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]puṣya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√puṣ -> puṣya (absolutive)[absolutive from √puṣ]√puṣ -> puṣya (absolutive)[absolutive from √puṣ]√puṣ -> puṣya (absolutive)[absolutive from √puṣ]√puṣ -> puṣya (absolutive)[absolutive from √puṣ]√pus -> puṣya (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √pus class 10 verb]√pus -> puṣya (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √pus class 10 verb]√puṣ (verb class 4)[imperative active second single]√puṣ (verb class 4)[imperative active second single]
- bhāskare -
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bhāskara (noun, masculine)[locative single]bhāskara (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]bhāskarā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]bhāskari (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 2.12
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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