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.

ब्राह्मणान्भोजयेत्तत्र कुमारींश्चाप्यनेकशः ।
तापसानर्च्चयेद्भक्त्या ये चान्ये शिवयोगिनः ॥ १६ ॥

brāhmaṇānbhojayettatra kumārīṃścāpyanekaśaḥ |
tāpasānarccayedbhaktyā ye cānye śivayoginaḥ || 16 ||

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

There he should feed the brahmanas and the young women in various ways. One should worship with devotion the ascetics and other yogis of Lord Shiva.

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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 (1.16). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Brahmana, Tatra, Kumari, Kumarin, Capin, Capya, Capi, Anekashah, Yah, Yat, Shivayogin, Shivayogi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.16). 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: “brāhmaṇānbhojayettatra kumārīṃścāpyanekaśaḥ
  • brāhmaṇān -
  • brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • bhojayet -
  • bhuj (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • tatra -
  • tatra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tatra (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • kumārī -
  • kumārī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    kumārī (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    kumārī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    kumārin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single]
    kumārin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • īṃś -
  • i (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • cāpya -
  • cāpin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single]
    cāpin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ci -> cāpya (participle, masculine)
    [compound from √ci]
    ci -> cāpya (participle, neuter)
    [compound from √ci]
    ci -> cāpya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √ci]
    cāpī (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    cāpī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    cāpī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    cāpi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    cāpi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    cāpi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ci -> cāpya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √ci]
    ci -> cāpya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √ci]
  • anekaśaḥ -
  • anekaśaḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • Line 2: “tāpasānarccayedbhaktyā ye cānye śivayoginaḥ
  • Cannot analyse tāpasānarccayedbhaktyā*ye
  • ye -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • cānye -
  • śivayoginaḥ -
  • śivayogin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    śivayogī (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.16

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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