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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 2.30
वामनाड्युपदये चन्द्रः कर्त्तव्यो वामसन्मुखः ।
सूर्य्यचारे तथा सूर्य्यः पृष्ठे दक्षिणगो जयेत् ॥ ३० ॥
vāmanāḍyupadaye candraḥ karttavyo vāmasanmukhaḥ |
sūryyacāre tathā sūryyaḥ pṛṣṭhe dakṣiṇago jayet || 30 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
At the time of the left vein, the moon should be placed facing left. Similarly, when the sun moves on the southern side, the sun should conquer the southern side.
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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 (2.30). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Vamanadi, Candra, Karttavya, Vama, Sat, Sad, Mukha, Tatha, Prishthe, Prishtha, Dakshina,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 2.30). 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: “vāmanāḍyupadaye candraḥ karttavyo vāmasanmukhaḥ ”
- vāmanāḍyu -
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vāmanāḍī (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]vāmanāḍī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]vāmanāḍī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- upadaye -
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- candraḥ -
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candra (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- karttavyo* -
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karttavya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√kṛt -> karttavya (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √kṛt class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṛt class 6 verb]
- vāma -
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vāma (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]vāma (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√vā (verb class 2)[imperative active first plural]√vā (verb class 1)[imperative active first plural]
- san -
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sat (indeclinable)[indeclinable]sat (noun, masculine)[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single]sad (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]sad (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]sat (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- mukhaḥ -
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mukha (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “sūryyacāre tathā sūryyaḥ pṛṣṭhe dakṣiṇago jayet ”
- Cannot analyse sūryyacāre*ta
- tathā -
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tathā (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tathā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tathā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- Cannot analyse sūryyaḥ*pṛ
- pṛṣṭhe -
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pṛṣṭhe (indeclinable)[indeclinable]pṛṣṭha (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- dakṣiṇa -
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dakṣiṇa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]dakṣiṇa (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- go* -
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ga (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- jayet -
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√ji (verb class 1)[optative active third single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 2.30
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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