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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 1.76
अथ स्थानमुष्ट्याकर्षणलक्षणानि ।
स्थान्यष्टौ विधेयानि योजने भिन्नकर्म्मणाम् ।
मुष्ट्यः पञ्चसमाख्याता व्यायाः पञ्च प्रकीर्त्तिताः ॥ ७६ ॥
atha sthānamuṣṭyākarṣaṇalakṣaṇāni |
sthānyaṣṭau vidheyāni yojane bhinnakarmmaṇām |
muṣṭyaḥ pañcasamākhyātā vyāyāḥ pañca prakīrttitāḥ || 76 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
Here are the characteristics of position fist pulling. There are eight places to be fixed for different purposes in the planning. The five fists are described and the five exercises are described.
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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 (1.76). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Atha, Sthana, Mushti, Akarshana, Lakshana, Stha, Sthanin, Ashta, Ashti, Vidheya, Yojana, Panca, Pancan, Samakhyata, Vyaya, Prakirttita,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.76). 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 sthānamuṣṭyākarṣaṇalakṣaṇāni ”
- atha -
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atha (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- sthāna -
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sthāna (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- muṣṭyā -
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muṣṭi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]muṣṭi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]muṣṭi (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]muṣṭī (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]muṣṭī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [instrumental single]muṣṭī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- ākarṣaṇa -
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ākarṣaṇa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- lakṣaṇāni -
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lakṣaṇa (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- Line 2: “sthānyaṣṭau vidheyāni yojane bhinnakarmmaṇām ”
- sthānya -
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sthānin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single]sthānin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]stha (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- aṣṭau -
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aṣṭa (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]aṣṭi (noun, feminine)[locative single]√aś -> aṣṭa (participle, masculine)[nominative dual from √aś class 5 verb], [vocative dual from √aś class 5 verb], [accusative dual from √aś class 5 verb]
- vidheyāni -
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vidheya (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- yojane -
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yojana (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]yojanā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- Cannot analyse bhinnakarmmaṇām
- Line 3: “muṣṭyaḥ pañcasamākhyātā vyāyāḥ pañca prakīrttitāḥ ”
- muṣṭyaḥ -
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muṣṭī (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- pañca -
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pañca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]pañca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]pañcan (noun, masculine)[compound]pañcan (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]√pañc (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- samākhyātā* -
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samākhyāta (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]samākhyātā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- vyāyāḥ -
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vyāya (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- pañca -
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pañca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]pañca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]pañcan (noun, masculine)[compound]pañcan (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]√pañc (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- prakīrttitāḥ -
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prakīrttita (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.76
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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