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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 1.42
हीने तु सन्धिते बाणे संग्रामे भङ्गकारकम् ।
आक्रान्ते तु पुनः क्वापि लक्ष्यं न प्राप्यते दृढम् ॥ ४२ ॥
hīne tu sandhite bāṇe saṃgrāme bhaṅgakārakam |
ākrānte tu punaḥ kvāpi lakṣyaṃ na prāpyate dṛḍham || 42 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
When an arrow is deficient in joint it causes breakage in battle When attacked, however, the target is not firmly reached anywhere else.
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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 (1.42). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Hina, Sandhita, Bana, Sangrama, Bhangakara, Kah, Akranta, Akranti, Puna, Kva, Api, Lakshya, Prapin, Prapya, Dridha,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.42). 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: “hīne tu sandhite bāṇe saṃgrāme bhaṅgakārakam ”
- hīne -
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hīna (noun, masculine)[locative single]hīna (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]hīnā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]√hā -> hīna (participle, masculine)[locative single from √hā class 1 verb], [locative single from √hā class 3 verb]√hā -> hīna (participle, neuter)[nominative dual from √hā class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √hā class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √hā class 1 verb], [locative single from √hā class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √hā class 3 verb], [vocative dual from √hā class 3 verb], [accusative dual from √hā class 3 verb], [locative single from √hā class 3 verb]√hā -> hīnā (participle, feminine)[nominative dual from √hā class 1 verb], [vocative single from √hā class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √hā class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √hā class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √hā class 3 verb], [vocative single from √hā class 3 verb], [vocative dual from √hā class 3 verb], [accusative dual from √hā class 3 verb]
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- sandhite -
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sandhita (noun, masculine)[locative single]sandhita (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]sandhitā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- bāṇe -
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bāṇa (noun, masculine)[locative single]bāṇa (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]bāṇā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- saṅgrāme -
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saṅgrāma (noun, masculine)[locative single]saṅgrāma (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- bhaṅgakāra -
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bhaṅgakāra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]bhaṅgakāra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- kam -
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ka (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]ka (noun, masculine)[accusative single]kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[accusative single]
- Line 2: “ākrānte tu punaḥ kvāpi lakṣyaṃ na prāpyate dṛḍham ”
- ākrānte -
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ākrānta (noun, masculine)[locative single]ākrānta (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]ākrāntā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]ākrānti (noun, feminine)[vocative single]
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- punaḥ -
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pu (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]puna (noun, masculine)[nominative single]pū (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- kvā -
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ku (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]kva (indeclinable)[indeclinable]ku (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]kū (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
- āpi -
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āpi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]āpi (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]āpi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]āpī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]āpī (noun, masculine)[adverb], [vocative single]āpī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- lakṣyam -
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lakṣya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]lakṣya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]lakṣyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√lakṣ -> lakṣya (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √lakṣ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √lakṣ class 10 verb]√lakṣ -> lakṣya (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √lakṣ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √lakṣ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √lakṣ class 10 verb], [accusative single from √lakṣ class 10 verb]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- prāpya -
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prāpin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single]prāpin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]prāpya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]prāpya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]prāpi (Preverb)[Preverb]
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- dṛḍham -
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dṛḍha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]dṛḍha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]dṛḍhā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.42
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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