Dhanurveda Samhita [sanskrit]

3,015 words

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 saptamīpūrṇimāyāṃ caturthe'rddha prahare vidhuntudena | sākaṃ yoginīṃ aiśānyāṃ jānīyāt || DhaVed_2.33h ||.saptamīpūrṇimāyāṃ caturthe'rddha prahare vidhuntudena | sākaṃ yoginīṃ aiśānyāṃ jānīyāt || DhaVed_2.33h ||

सप्तमीपूर्णिमायां चतुर्थेऽर्द्ध प्रहरे विधुन्तुदेन ।
साकं योगिनीं ऐशान्यां जानीयात् ॥ धवेद्_२.३३ह् ॥

saptamīpūrṇimāyāṃ caturthe'rddha prahare vidhuntudena |
sākaṃ yoginīṃ aiśānyāṃ jānīyāt || DhaVed_2.33h ||

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

On the seventh day of the full moon, at the fourth half of the hour, the lightning strikes. One should know the yogini with her in the northeast. Dhaved_2.33h. ॥

English translation by Hardayalu Swami (2001) Buy now!

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (saptamīpūrṇimāyāṃ caturthe'rddha prahare vidhuntudena | sākaṃ yoginīṃ aiśānyāṃ jānīyāt || DhaVed_2.33h ||.saptamīpūrṇimāyāṃ caturthe'rddha prahare vidhuntudena | sākaṃ yoginīṃ aiśānyāṃ jānīyāt || DhaVed_2.33h ||). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Saptami, Purnima, Caturtha, Riddha, Prahara, Vidhuntuda, Sakam, Saka, Yogini, Aishani,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse saptamīpūrṇimāyāṃ caturthe'rddha prahare vidhuntudena | sākaṃ yoginīṃ aiśānyāṃ jānīyāt || DhaVed_2.33h ||.saptamīpūrṇimāyāṃ caturthe'rddha prahare vidhuntudena | sākaṃ yoginīṃ aiśānyāṃ jānīyāt || DhaVed_2.33h ||). 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: “saptamīpūrṇimāyāṃ caturthe'rddha prahare vidhuntudena
  • saptamī -
  • saptamī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
  • pūrṇimāyām -
  • pūrṇimā (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • caturthe' -
  • caturtha (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    caturtha (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]
  • ṛddha -
  • ṛddha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ṛddha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • prahare -
  • prahara (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • vidhuntudena -
  • vidhuntuda (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • Line 2: “sākaṃ yoginīṃ aiśānyāṃ jānīyāt || DhaVed_2.33h |
  • sākam -
  • sākam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sāka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • yoginīm -
  • yoginī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • aiśānyām -
  • aiśānī (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • jānīyāt -
  • jñā (verb class 9)
    [optative active third single]
  • Cannot analyse DhaVed_233h

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse saptamīpūrṇimāyāṃ caturthe'rddha prahare vidhuntudena | sākaṃ yoginīṃ aiśānyāṃ jānīyāt || DhaVed_2.33h ||.saptamīpūrṇimāyāṃ caturthe'rddha prahare vidhuntudena | sākaṃ yoginīṃ aiśānyāṃ jānīyāt || DhaVed_2.33h ||

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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