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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 2.26
आकृष्य प्राणपवनं समारोहेच्च वाहनम् ।
समुत्तरेत्पदं दद्यात्सर्वकार्य्याणि साधयेत् ॥ २६ ॥
ākṛṣya prāṇapavanaṃ samārohecca vāhanam |
samuttaretpadaṃ dadyātsarvakāryyāṇi sādhayet || 26 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
Pull the breath of life and celebrate the vehicle. One should rise up and give him a foothold and accomplish all his duties.
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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 (2.26). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Akrishya, Prana, Pavana, Sama, Vahana, Samud, Pada, Sarvaka, Aryi,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 2.26). 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: “ākṛṣya prāṇapavanaṃ samārohecca vāhanam ”
- ākṛṣya -
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ākṛṣya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ākṛṣya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- prāṇa -
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prāṇa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]prāṇa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- pavanam -
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pavana (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]pavana (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]pavanā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- samā -
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samā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]samā (Preverb)[Preverb]
- rohec -
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√ruh (verb class 1)[optative active third single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- vāhanam -
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vāhana (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]vāhana (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]vāhanā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Line 2: “samuttaretpadaṃ dadyātsarvakāryyāṇi sādhayet ”
- samut -
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samud (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]samud (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- taret -
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√tṝ (verb class 1)[optative active third single]
- padam -
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pada (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- dadyāt -
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√dā (verb class 3)[optative active third single]
- sarvakā -
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sarvaka (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]sarvaka (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- aryyā -
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aryī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [instrumental single]
- āṇi -
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āṇi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]
- sādhayet -
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√sidh (verb class 0)[optative active third single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 2.26
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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