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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 1.12
जन्मस्थे च तृतीये च षष्ठे वै सप्तमे तथा ।
दशमैकादशे चन्द्रे सर्वकार्य्याणि कारयेत् ॥ १२ ॥
janmasthe ca tṛtīye ca ṣaṣṭhe vai saptame tathā |
daśamaikādaśe candre sarvakāryyāṇi kārayet || 12 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
They are born in the third, sixth and seventh houses. In the tenth and eleventh lunar months one should perform all kinds of ritualistic ceremonies.
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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 (1.12). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Tha, Tritiya, Shashtha, Saptama, Tatha, Dashama, Ekadasha, Candra, Candri, Sarvaka, Aryi,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.12). 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: “janmasthe ca tṛtīye ca ṣaṣṭhe vai saptame tathā ”
- janmas -
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√jan (verb class 2)[present active first plural]
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tha (noun, masculine)[locative single]tha (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- tṛtīye -
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tṛtīya (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [locative single]tṛtīya (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]tṛtīyā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- ṣaṣṭhe -
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ṣaṣṭha (noun, masculine)[locative single]ṣaṣṭha (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
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√vā (verb class 1)[present middle first single], [imperative middle first single]
- saptame -
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saptama (noun, masculine)[locative single]saptama (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- tathā -
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tathā (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tathā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tathā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “daśamaikādaśe candre sarvakāryyāṇi kārayet ”
- daśamai -
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daśama (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]daśama (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- ekādaśe -
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ekādaśa (noun, masculine)[locative single]ekādaśa (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- candre -
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candra (noun, masculine)[locative single]candra (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]candrā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]candri (noun, masculine)[vocative single]candri (noun, feminine)[vocative single]
- sarvakā -
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sarvaka (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]sarvaka (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- aryyā -
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aryī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [instrumental single]
- āṇi -
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āṇi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]
- kārayet -
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√kṛ (verb class 0)[optative active third single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.12
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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