Syainika Sastra [sanskrit]

3,001 words

The Sanskrit text of the Syainika-Sastra attributed to king Rudradeva (or Candradeva) from the 13th century. This book deals with Hunting and Hawking and is written as a traditional type of Sanskrit educational treatise (Shastra). It contains 368 Sanskrit verses and contains many overlapping topics, such as the treatment and diet of birds.

Verse 3.17

तुरगैः साधनीभूतैर्विद्रवन्तः शरादिभिः ।
वध्यन्ते हि मृगा यस्यां साश्वीना रसशेवधिः ॥ १७ ॥

turagaiḥ sādhanībhūtairvidravantaḥ śarādibhiḥ |
vadhyante hi mṛgā yasyāṃ sāśvīnā rasaśevadhiḥ || 17 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 3.17 is contained in the book Syainika-Sastra (Ancient Text on Hawking) by Mahamahopadhyaya Haraprasad Shastri. This book is not available online so in order to read the full text and translation you should buy the book:

Buy now! Sanskrit text by Mahamahopadhyaya Haraprasad Shastri (2005)

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (3.17). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Turaga, Sadhanibhuta, Vidravat, Sharadi, Vadhyat, Tad, Yushmad, Mriga, Yasya, Ashvina, Rasashevadhi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 3.17). 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: “turagaiḥ sādhanībhūtairvidravantaḥ śarādibhiḥ
  • turagaiḥ -
  • turaga (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • sādhanībhūtair -
  • sādhanībhūta (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    sādhanībhūta (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • vidravantaḥ -
  • vidravat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • śarādibhiḥ -
  • śarādi (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    śarādi (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental plural]
    śarādi (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • Line 2: “vadhyante hi mṛgā yasyāṃ sāśvīnā rasaśevadhiḥ
  • vadhyan -
  • vadhyat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • mṛgā* -
  • mṛga (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    mṛgā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • yasyām -
  • yasyā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • -
  • (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aśvīnā* -
  • aśvīna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • rasaśevadhiḥ -
  • rasaśevadhi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    rasaśevadhi (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
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