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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 1.61
षडङ्गुलप्रमाणेन पक्षच्छेदञ्च कारयेत् ।
दशाङ्गुलमिता पक्षा शार्ङ्गचापस्य मार्गणे ॥ ६१ ॥
ṣaḍaṅgulapramāṇena pakṣacchedañca kārayet |
daśāṅgulamitā pakṣā śārṅgacāpasya mārgaṇe || 61 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
The wings should be cut off at a distance of six fingers. The wings of the Sharnga bow measured ten fingers long.
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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 (1.61). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Shadangula, Pramana, Pakshat, Sha, Shi, Idam, Dashangula, Ita, Paksha, Sharnga, Capa, Margana,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.61). 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: “ṣaḍaṅgulapramāṇena pakṣacchedañca kārayet ”
- ṣaḍaṅgula -
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ṣaḍaṅgula (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ṣaḍaṅgula (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- pramāṇena -
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pramāṇa (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]pramāṇa (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- pakṣacch -
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√pakṣ -> pakṣat (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √pakṣ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √pakṣ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √pakṣ class 1 verb]
- śe -
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śa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]śa (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]śi (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- idañ -
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idam (pronoun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- kārayet -
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√kṛ (verb class 0)[optative active third single]
- Line 2: “daśāṅgulamitā pakṣā śārṅgacāpasya mārgaṇe ”
- daśāṅgulam -
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daśāṅgula (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]daśāṅgula (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]daśāṅgulā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- itā -
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itā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√i -> itā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √i class 2 verb]
- pakṣā -
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pakṣā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- śārṅga -
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śārṅga (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]śārṅga (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- cāpasya -
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cāpa (noun, masculine)[genitive single]cāpa (noun, neuter)[genitive single]
- mārgaṇe -
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mārgaṇa (noun, masculine)[locative single]mārgaṇa (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]mārgaṇā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.61
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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