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 guhatithau caturddaśyāṃ ca kātyāyanī | pavanālaye cāyāti || DhaVed_2.33g ||.guhatithau caturddaśyāṃ ca kātyāyanī | pavanālaye cāyāti || DhaVed_2.33g ||

गुहतिथौ चतुर्द्दश्यां च कात्यायनी ।
पवनालये चायाति ॥ धवेद्_२.३३ग् ॥

guhatithau caturddaśyāṃ ca kātyāyanī |
pavanālaye cāyāti || DhaVed_2.33g ||

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

On the fourteenth day of the month of Guha, the goddess Katyayani is worshipped. He comes to the windmill. Dhaved_2.33g. ॥

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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 (guhatithau caturddaśyāṃ ca kātyāyanī | pavanālaye cāyāti || DhaVed_2.33g ||.guhatithau caturddaśyāṃ ca kātyāyanī | pavanālaye cāyāti || DhaVed_2.33g ||). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tha, Katyayani, Pavana, Alaya, Ali, Caya, Ati,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse guhatithau caturddaśyāṃ ca kātyāyanī | pavanālaye cāyāti || DhaVed_2.33g ||.guhatithau caturddaśyāṃ ca kātyāyanī | pavanālaye cāyāti || DhaVed_2.33g ||). 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: “guhatithau caturddaśyāṃ ca kātyāyanī
  • guhati -
  • guhati (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • thau -
  • tha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • Cannot analyse caturddaśyām*ca
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kātyāyanī -
  • kātyāyanī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “pavanālaye cāyāti || DhaVed_2.33g |
  • pavanā -
  • pavana (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pavana (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pavanā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • alaye -
  • alaya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    alaya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    alayā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ali (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    lay (verb class 1)
    [imperfect middle first single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperfect middle first single]
  • cāyā -
  • cāya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    cāya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
    cāy (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • ati -
  • ati (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    ati (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ati (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • Cannot analyse DhaVed_233g

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse guhatithau caturddaśyāṃ ca kātyāyanī | pavanālaye cāyāti || DhaVed_2.33g ||.guhatithau caturddaśyāṃ ca kātyāyanī | pavanālaye cāyāti || DhaVed_2.33g ||

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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