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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 1.64
अथ फललक्षणम् ।
आरामुखं क्षुरप्रञ्च गोपुच्छं चार्द्धचन्द्रकम् ।
सूचीमुखञ्च भल्लञ्च वत्सदन्तं द्विभल्लकम् ॥ ६४ ॥
atha phalalakṣaṇam |
ārāmukhaṃ kṣuraprañca gopucchaṃ cārddhacandrakam |
sūcīmukhañca bhallañca vatsadantaṃ dvibhallakam || 64 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
Then the characteristics of the fruit. The face of the saw is five razors, and the tail of a cow is like a half-moon. They also had a sulimukha, a bhalla, a calf’s tooth and a two-bhalla.
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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 (1.64). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Atha, Phala, Lakshana, Aramukha, Kshura, Pram, Gopuccha, Arddha, Candraka, Suci, Uksh, Ham, Vatsadanta, Dvibhallaka,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.64). 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: “atha phalalakṣaṇam ”
- atha -
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atha (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- phala -
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phala (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]phala (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√phal (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- lakṣaṇam -
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lakṣaṇa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]lakṣaṇa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]lakṣaṇā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Line 2: “ārāmukhaṃ kṣuraprañca gopucchaṃ cārddhacandrakam ”
- ārāmukham -
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ārāmukha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- kṣura -
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kṣura (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]kṣura (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√kṣur (verb class 6)[imperative active second single]
- prañ -
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pram (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- gopuccham -
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gopuccha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]gopuccha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]gopucchā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- cā -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]cā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- ārddha -
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ārddha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- candrakam -
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candraka (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]candraka (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- Line 3: “sūcīmukhañca bhallañca vatsadantaṃ dvibhallakam ”
- sūcīm -
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sūcī (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- uk -
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ukṣ (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]ukṣ (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- hañ -
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ham (indeclinable)[indeclinable]han (noun, neuter)[adverb]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- Cannot analyse bhallañca*va
- vatsadantam -
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vatsadanta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]vatsadanta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- dvibhallakam -
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dvibhallaka (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.64
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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