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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 2.36
परस्परानुरक्ता ये योधा शर्ङ्गधनुर्धराः ।
युद्धज्ञास्तुरगारूढास्ते जयन्ति रणे रिपुन् ॥ ३६ ॥
parasparānuraktā ye yodhā śarṅgadhanurdharāḥ |
yuddhajñāsturagārūḍhāste jayanti raṇe ripun || 36 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
The warriors who carried horns and bows were attached to each other Those who know how to fight and ride on horses conquer their enemies in battle.
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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 (2.36). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Paraspara, Akta, Yah, Yat, Yodha, Sha, Ringa, Dhanurdhara, Yuddha, Jna, Turaga, Arudha, Tad, Yushmad, Jayanti, Jayat, Rana,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 2.36). 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: “parasparānuraktā ye yodhā śarṅgadhanurdharāḥ ”
- parasparān -
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paraspara (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- ur -
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u (noun, masculine)[nominative single]ṛ (noun, feminine)[ablative single], [genitive single]ṛ (noun, masculine)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- aktā* -
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akta (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]aktā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- ye -
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ya (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]yā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative plural]yat (pronoun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
- yodhā -
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yodhā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- śar -
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śa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]śa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- ṛṅga -
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ṛṅga (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- dhanurdharāḥ -
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dhanurdhara (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]dhanurdharā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- Line 2: “yuddhajñāsturagārūḍhāste jayanti raṇe ripun ”
- yuddha -
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yuddha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]yuddha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√yudh -> yuddha (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √yudh class 1 verb], [vocative single from √yudh class 4 verb]√yudh -> yuddha (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √yudh class 1 verb], [vocative single from √yudh class 4 verb]
- jñās -
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jña (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]jñā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- turagā -
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turaga (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- ārūḍhās -
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ārūḍha (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]ārūḍhā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- te -
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ta (noun, masculine)[locative single]ta (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]tā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]tad (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]sā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[dative single], [genitive single]
- jayanti -
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jayantī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]jayat (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√ji -> jayat (participle, neuter)[nominative plural from √ji class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √ji class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √ji class 1 verb]√ji -> jayantī (participle, feminine)[vocative single from √ji class 1 verb]√ji (verb class 1)[present active third plural]
- raṇe -
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raṇa (noun, masculine)[locative single]raṇa (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- Cannot analyse ripun
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 2.36
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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