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 2.33e

चतुर्थ्यां द्वादश्यां तु सप्तमेऽर्द्धयामे राहुना ।
सह नगजा चोत्तरे ज्ञेया ॥ ३३ए ॥

caturthyāṃ dvādaśyāṃ tu saptame'rddhayāme rāhunā |
saha nagajā cottare jñeyā || 33e ||

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

On the fourth day of the twelfth month, in the seventh half of the month, Rahu is in the conjunction. Saha Nagaja is known in the north. 33A. ॥

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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 (2.33e). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Caturthi, Dvadashi, Saptama, Riddha, Ama, Nri, Saha, Nagaja, Uttara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 2.33e). 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: “caturthyāṃ dvādaśyāṃ tu saptame'rddhayāme rāhunā
  • caturthyām -
  • caturthī (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • dvādaśyām -
  • dvādaśī (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • saptame' -
  • saptama (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    saptama (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • ar -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ṛddhayā -
  • ṛddhā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • ame -
  • ama (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ama (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    amā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • rāhu -
  • rāhu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    nṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “saha nagajā cottare jñeyā || 33e |
  • saha -
  • saha (indeclinable postposition)
    [indeclinable postposition]
    saha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    saha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sah (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • nagajā -
  • nagajā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • co -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • uttare -
  • uttara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [locative single]
    uttara (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    uttarā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • jñeyā* -
  • Cannot analyse 33e

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 2.33e

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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