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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 2.33f
पञ्चम्यामथ त्रयोदश्यामष्टमेऽर्द्धयामे ।
स्वर्भानुयुता गौरी नैरृत्यामटति ॥ ३३f ॥
pañcamyāmatha trayodaśyāmaṣṭame'rddhayāme |
svarbhānuyutā gaurī nairṛtyāmaṭati || 33f ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
On the fifth, thirteenth, eighth and half-days of the month, The goddess Gauri, accompanied by the sun, moves about in the north. 33f. ॥
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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 (2.33f). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Pancami, Atha, Trayodashi, Ashtama, Riddha, Ama, Yuta, Gauri, Nairriti, Nairritya,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 2.33f). 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: “pañcamyāmatha trayodaśyāmaṣṭame'rddhayāme ”
- pañcamyām -
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pañcamī (noun, feminine)[locative single]
- atha -
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atha (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- trayodaśyām -
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trayodaśī (noun, feminine)[locative single]
- aṣṭame' -
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aṣṭama (noun, masculine)[locative single]aṣṭama (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- ar -
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a (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]ṛ (noun, feminine)[nominative single]ṛ (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- ṛddhayā -
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ṛddhā (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]
- ame -
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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]
- Line 2: “svarbhānuyutā gaurī nairṛtyāmaṭati || 33f |”
- svarbhānu -
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svarbhānu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]
- yutā* -
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yuta (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]yutā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√yu -> yuta (participle, masculine)[nominative plural from √yu class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √yu class 2 verb], [nominative plural from √yu class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √yu class 6 verb], [nominative plural from √yu class 9 verb], [vocative plural from √yu class 9 verb]√yu -> yutā (participle, feminine)[nominative plural from √yu class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √yu class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √yu class 2 verb], [nominative plural from √yu class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √yu class 6 verb], [accusative plural from √yu class 6 verb], [nominative plural from √yu class 9 verb], [vocative plural from √yu class 9 verb], [accusative plural from √yu class 9 verb]√yu -> yuta (participle, masculine)[nominative plural from √yu class 3 verb], [vocative plural from √yu class 3 verb]√yu -> yutā (participle, feminine)[nominative plural from √yu class 3 verb], [vocative plural from √yu class 3 verb], [accusative plural from √yu class 3 verb]
- gaurī -
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gaurī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]
- nairṛtyām -
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nairṛtī (noun, feminine)[locative single]nairṛtyā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- aṭati -
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√aṭ (verb class 1)[present active third single]
- Cannot analyse 33f
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 2.33f
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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