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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 1.34
चतुर्विंशाङ्गुलो हस्तश्चतुर्हस्तं धनुः स्मृतम् ।
तद्भवेनमानवं चापं सर्वलक्षणसंयुतम् ॥ ३४ ॥
caturviṃśāṅgulo hastaścaturhastaṃ dhanuḥ smṛtam |
tadbhavenamānavaṃ cāpaṃ sarvalakṣaṇasaṃyutam || 34 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
A hand is twenty-four fingers long and a bow is four hands long. That bow, which is a human being, is equipped with all the characteristics of a human being.
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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 (1.34). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Caturvimsha, Angula, Hasta, Caturhasta, Dhanu, Dhanus, Smrita, Tadbhava, Manava, Capa, Saru, Sarva, Alakshana, Samyuta,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.34). 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: “caturviṃśāṅgulo hastaścaturhastaṃ dhanuḥ smṛtam ”
- caturviṃśā -
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caturviṃśa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]caturviṃśa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- aṅgulo* -
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aṅgula (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- hastaś -
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hasta (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- caturhastam -
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caturhasta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]caturhasta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]caturhastā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- dhanuḥ -
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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]
- smṛtam -
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smṛta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]smṛta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]smṛtā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√smṛ -> smṛta (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]√smṛ -> smṛta (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √smṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]
- Line 2: “tadbhavenamānavaṃ cāpaṃ sarvalakṣaṇasaṃyutam ”
- tadbhavena -
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tadbhava (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]tadbhava (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- mānavam -
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mānava (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]mānava (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- cāpam -
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cāpa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]cāpa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- sarva -
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saru (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]saru (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]saru (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]sarva (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]sarva (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- alakṣaṇa -
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alakṣaṇa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]alakṣaṇa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- saṃyutam -
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saṃyuta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]saṃyuta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]saṃyutā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.34
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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