![Dhanurveda Samhita [sanskrit] - book cover](/uploads/a/Dhanurveda-Sanskrit.jpg)
Dhanurveda Samhita [sanskrit]
3,015 words
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 1.36
चतुष्पर्वञ्च षट्पर्वं अष्टपर्वं विवर्ज्जयेत् ॥ ३६ ॥
catuṣparvañca ṣaṭparvaṃ aṣṭaparvaṃ vivarjjayet || 36 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
One should avoid four, six and eight festivals.
English translation by Hardayalu Swami (2001) Buy now!
Glossary of Sanskrit terms
Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (1.36). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.36). 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: “catuṣparvañca ṣaṭparvaṃ aṣṭaparvaṃ vivarjjayet ”
- Cannot analyse catuṣparvañca*ṣa
- ṣaṭ -
-
ṣaṭ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]ṣaṣ (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]ṣaṣ (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- parvam -
-
parvan (noun, neuter)[adverb]parvā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- aṣṭa -
-
aṣṭa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]aṣṭa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√aś -> aṣṭa (participle, masculine)[compound from √aś]√aś -> aṣṭa (participle, neuter)[compound from √aś]aṣṭan (noun, masculine)[compound]aṣṭan (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]√aś -> aṣṭa (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √aś class 5 verb]√aś -> aṣṭa (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √aś class 5 verb]
- parvam -
-
parvan (noun, neuter)[adverb]parvā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Cannot analyse vivarjjayet
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.36
Dhanurveda Samhita (धनुर्वेदसंहिता)
by Hardayalu Swami (2001)
Publisher: Khemraj Shrikrishnadass
Buy now!
Vasistha’s Dhanurveda Samhita
by Purnima Ray (2023)
Publisher: Khemraj Shrikrishnadas; ISBN-10: 818670289X; ISBN-13: 9788186702895; 88 pages including 18 illustrations;
Buy now!
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.
Buy now!