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.

पादौ सविस्तरौ कार्य्यौ समौ हस्तप्रमाणतः ।
विशाखस्थानकं ज्ञेयं कूटलक्ष्यस्य वेधने ॥ ७९ ॥

pādau savistarau kāryyau samau hastapramāṇataḥ |
viśākhasthānakaṃ jñeyaṃ kūṭalakṣyasya vedhane || 79 ||

Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.

The legs should be wide and equal to the size of a hand. The place of Vishakha is to be understood when piercing the Kutala target.

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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 (1.79). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pada, Padu, Savistara, Sama, Hastapramana, Tas, Vishakha, Tha, Aka, Jneya, Kuta, Lakshya, Vedhana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.79). 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: “pādau savistarau kāryyau samau hastapramāṇataḥ
  • pādau -
  • pāda (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    pādu (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • savistarau -
  • savistara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • kāryyau -
  • samau -
  • sama (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • hastapramāṇa -
  • hastapramāṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    hastapramāṇa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • taḥ -
  • tas (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “viśākhasthānakaṃ jñeyaṃ kūṭalakṣyasya vedhane
  • viśākhas -
  • viśākha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • thān -
  • tha (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • akam -
  • aka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • jñeyam -
  • jñeya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    jñeya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    jñeyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    jñā -> jñeya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √jñā class 3 verb], [accusative single from √jñā class 9 verb]
    jñā -> jñeya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √jñā class 3 verb], [accusative single from √jñā class 3 verb], [nominative single from √jñā class 9 verb], [accusative single from √jñā class 9 verb]
  • kūṭa -
  • kūṭa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kūṭa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • lakṣyasya -
  • lakṣya (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    lakṣya (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    lakṣ -> lakṣya (participle, masculine)
    [genitive single from √lakṣ class 1 verb], [genitive single from √lakṣ class 10 verb]
    lakṣ -> lakṣya (participle, neuter)
    [genitive single from √lakṣ class 1 verb], [genitive single from √lakṣ class 10 verb]
  • vedhane -
  • vedhana (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.79

Cover of edition (2001)

Dhanurveda Samhita (धनुर्वेदसंहिता)
by Hardayalu Swami (2001)

Publisher: Khemraj Shrikrishnadass

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Cover of edition (2023)

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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Cover of edition (2007)

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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