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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 1.33
अर्द्धपञ्चमहस्तन्तु श्रेष्ठं चापं प्रकीर्त्तितम् ।
तद्विज्ञेयं धनुर्दिव्यं शङ्करेण धृतं पुरा ॥ ३३ ॥
arddhapañcamahastantu śreṣṭhaṃ cāpaṃ prakīrttitam |
tadvijñeyaṃ dhanurdivyaṃ śaṅkareṇa dhṛtaṃ purā || 33 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
The best bow is said to be five and a half hands long. It is to be understood that this bow was carried by Lord Shiva in the past.
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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 (1.33). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Riddha, Pancama, Shreshtha, Capa, Prakirttita, Tad, Tat, Vijneya, Dhanu, Dhanus, Divya, Shankara, Dhritam, Dhrit, Dhrita, Pura, Pur,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.33). 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: “arddhapañcamahastantu śreṣṭhaṃ cāpaṃ prakīrttitam ”
- ar -
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a (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]ṛ (noun, feminine)[nominative single]ṛ (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- ṛddha -
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ṛddha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ṛddha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- pañcama -
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pañcama (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]pañcama (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]pañcama (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- has -
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ha (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- tantu -
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tantu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]
- śreṣṭham -
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śreṣṭha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]śreṣṭha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]śreṣṭhā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- cāpam -
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cāpa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]cāpa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- prakīrttitam -
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prakīrttita (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]prakīrttita (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- Line 2: “tadvijñeyaṃ dhanurdivyaṃ śaṅkareṇa dhṛtaṃ purā ”
- tad -
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tad (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tad (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tat (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tad (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- vijñeyam -
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vijñeya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]vijñeya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]vijñeyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- dhanur -
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dhanus (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]dhanu (noun, feminine)[nominative single]dhanu (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- divyam -
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divya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]divya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]divyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- śaṅkareṇa -
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śaṅkara (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]śaṅkara (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- dhṛtam -
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dhṛtam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]dhṛta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]dhṛta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]dhṛtā (noun, feminine)[adverb]dhṛt (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- purā -
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purā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]pur (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]purā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.33
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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