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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 1.45
न स्वर्गे न च पाताले न भूमौ कस्यचित्करे ।
तद्धनुर्वशमायाति मुक्तैकं पुरुषोत्तमम् ॥ ४५ ॥
na svarge na ca pātāle na bhūmau kasyacitkare |
taddhanurvaśamāyāti muktaikaṃ puruṣottamam || 45 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
No one in heaven, nor in hell, nor on earth, is in the hands of anyone. That bow comes under the control of the one liberated Supreme Personality of Godhead.
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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 (1.45). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Svarga, Patala, Bhuma, Bhumi, Kah, Kim, Cit, Kari, Kara, Tat, Tad, Hanu, Vasha, Ayat, Mukta, Aika, Purushottama,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.45). 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: “na svarge na ca pātāle na bhūmau kasyacitkare ”
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- svarge -
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svarga (noun, masculine)[locative single]svarga (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]svargā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- pātāle -
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pātāla (noun, masculine)[locative single]pātāla (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- bhūmau -
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bhūma (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]bhūmi (noun, feminine)[locative single]bhūmi (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- kasya -
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√kas -> kasya (absolutive)[absolutive from √kas]ka (noun, masculine)[genitive single]ka (noun, neuter)[genitive single]kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[genitive single]kim (pronoun, neuter)[genitive single]
- cit -
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cit (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]cit (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]cit (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- kare -
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kari (noun, masculine)[vocative single]kari (noun, feminine)[vocative single]kara (noun, masculine)[locative single]kara (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]√kṛ (verb class 1)[present middle first single]
- Line 2: “taddhanurvaśamāyāti muktaikaṃ puruṣottamam ”
- taddh -
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tat (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tad (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- hanur -
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hanu (noun, feminine)[nominative single]hanu (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- vaśam -
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vaśa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]vaśa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]vaśā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- āyāti -
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āyāti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]āyāti (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]āyāt (noun, masculine)[locative single]āyāt (noun, feminine)[locative single]āyāt (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- muktai -
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mukta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]mukta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]muktā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√muc -> mukta (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √muc class 6 verb]√muc -> mukta (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √muc class 6 verb]√muc -> muktā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √muc class 6 verb]√muc -> mukta (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √muc class 1 verb]√muc -> mukta (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √muc class 1 verb]√muc -> muktā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √muc class 1 verb]√muj -> mukta (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √muj class 1 verb]√muj -> mukta (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √muj class 1 verb]√muj -> muktā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √muj class 1 verb]
- aikam -
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aika (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]aika (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]aikā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- puruṣottamam -
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puruṣottama (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.45
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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