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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 2.20
यत्र नाड्या वहेद्वायुस्तदङ्गे प्राणमेव च ।
आकृष्य गच्छेत्कर्णान्तं जयत्येव पुरन्दरम् ॥ २० ॥
yatra nāḍyā vahedvāyustadaṅge prāṇameva ca |
ākṛṣya gacchetkarṇāntaṃ jayatyeva purandaram || 20 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
Where the air flows through the veins, the life air flows through the body. If you pull it to the end of your ear, you will conquer Purandara.
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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 (2.20). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Yatra, Nadi, Vayu, Tadam, Tada, Prana, Pran, Eva, Akrishya, Karnanta, Jayat, Jayati, Purandara,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 2.20). 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: “yatra nāḍyā vahedvāyustadaṅge prāṇameva ca ”
- yatra -
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yatra (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yatra (indeclinable)[indeclinable]yatra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]yatra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- nāḍyā* -
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nāḍi (noun, feminine)[ablative single], [genitive single]nāḍī (noun, feminine)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- vahed -
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√vah (verb class 1)[optative active third single]
- vāyus -
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vāyu (noun, masculine)[nominative single]vāyu (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√vā (verb class 2)[optative active third plural]
- tadaṅ -
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tadam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tadā (noun, feminine)[adverb]tada (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]tada (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- ge -
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ga (noun, masculine)[locative single]ga (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]gā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- prāṇam -
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prāṇa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]prāṇa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]prāṇā (noun, feminine)[adverb]prāṇ (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- eva -
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eva (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]eva (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]eva (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- Line 2: “ākṛṣya gacchetkarṇāntaṃ jayatyeva purandaram ”
- ākṛṣya -
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ākṛṣya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ākṛṣya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- gacchet -
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√gam (verb class 1)[optative active third single]
- karṇāntam -
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karṇānta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]karṇānta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- jayatye -
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jayati (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]jayat (noun, masculine)[locative single]jayat (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]√ji -> jayat (participle, masculine)[locative single from √ji class 1 verb]√ji -> jayat (participle, neuter)[nominative dual from √ji class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √ji class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √ji class 1 verb], [locative single from √ji class 1 verb]√ji (verb class 1)[present active third single]
- eva -
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eva (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]eva (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]eva (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- purandaram -
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purandara (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]purandara (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]purandarā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 2.20
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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