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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 1.78
आलीढे तु प्रकर्त्तव्यं सव्यं चैवानुकुञ्चितम् ।
दक्षिणन्तु पुरस्ताद्वा दूरपाते विशिष्यते ॥ ७८ ॥
ālīḍhe tu prakarttavyaṃ savyaṃ caivānukuñcitam |
dakṣiṇantu purastādvā dūrapāte viśiṣyate || 78 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
The left side of the body should be bent when it is lying down. It is preferable to fall southward or farther forward.
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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 (1.78). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Alidha, Savya, Anukuncita, Purastat, Var, Durapata, Vishishya, Tad, Yushmad,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.78). 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: “ālīḍhe tu prakarttavyaṃ savyaṃ caivānukuñcitam ”
- ālīḍhe -
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ālīḍha (noun, masculine)[locative single]ālīḍha (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]ālīḍhā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- prakarttavyam -
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prakarttavyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- savyam -
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savya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]savya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]savyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√su -> savya (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √su class 5 verb]√su -> savya (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √su class 5 verb], [accusative single from √su class 5 verb]√su -> savya (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √su class 1 verb], [accusative single from √su class 2 verb]√su -> savya (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √su class 1 verb], [accusative single from √su class 1 verb], [nominative single from √su class 2 verb], [accusative single from √su class 2 verb]√sū -> savya (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √sū class 6 verb]√sū -> savya (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √sū class 6 verb], [accusative single from √sū class 6 verb]√sū -> savya (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √sū class 2 verb]√sū -> savya (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √sū class 2 verb], [accusative single from √sū class 2 verb]
- cai -
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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]
- aivā -
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√i (verb class 2)[imperfect active first dual]
- anukuñcitam -
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anukuñcita (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]anukuñcita (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]anukuñcitā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Line 2: “dakṣiṇantu purastādvā dūrapāte viśiṣyate ”
- da -
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da (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]da (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- kṣiṇantu -
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√kṣī (verb class 9)[imperative active third plural]
- purastād -
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purastāt (indeclinable)[indeclinable]purastāt (noun, masculine)[compound]purastāt (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]purastāt (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- vā* -
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vār (noun, masculine)[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]vār (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]va (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]vā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- dūrapāte -
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dūrapāta (noun, masculine)[locative single]dūrapāta (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]dūrapātā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- viśiṣya -
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viśiṣya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]viśiṣya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- te -
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ta (noun, masculine)[locative single]ta (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]tā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]tad (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]sā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[dative single], [genitive single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.78
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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