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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 1.89
अङ्गुष्ठाग्रे तु तर्जन्यां मुखं यत्र निवेशितम् ।
काकतुण्डी च सा ज्ञेया सूक्ष्मलक्ष्येषु योजिता ॥ ८९ ॥
aṅguṣṭhāgre tu tarjanyāṃ mukhaṃ yatra niveśitam |
kākatuṇḍī ca sā jñeyā sūkṣmalakṣyeṣu yojitā || 89 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
The tip of the thumb is the place where the face is placed on the index finger. The crow’s beak is also known as the crow’s nest, and it is used for subtle targets.
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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 (1.89). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Angushtha, Agre, Agra, Agri, Tarjani, Mukha, Yatra, Niveshita, Kakatundi, Jneya, Sukshma, Lakshya, Yojitri, Yojita,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.89). 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: “aṅguṣṭhāgre tu tarjanyāṃ mukhaṃ yatra niveśitam ”
- aṅguṣṭhā -
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aṅguṣṭha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]aṅguṣṭha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- agre -
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agre (indeclinable)[indeclinable]agra (noun, masculine)[locative single]agra (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]agrā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]agri (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- tarjanyām -
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tarjanī (noun, feminine)[locative single]
- mukham -
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mukha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]mukha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- yatra -
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yatra (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yatra (indeclinable)[indeclinable]yatra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]yatra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- niveśitam -
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niveśita (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]niveśita (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]niveśitā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Line 2: “kākatuṇḍī ca sā jñeyā sūkṣmalakṣyeṣu yojitā ”
- kākatuṇḍī -
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kākatuṇḍī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- sā* -
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so (noun, feminine)[accusative plural]
- jñeyā -
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jñeyā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√jñā -> jñeyā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √jñā class 3 verb], [nominative single from √jñā class 9 verb]
- sūkṣma -
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sūkṣma (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]sūkṣma (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- lakṣyeṣu -
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lakṣya (noun, masculine)[locative plural]lakṣya (noun, neuter)[locative plural]√lakṣ -> lakṣya (participle, masculine)[locative plural from √lakṣ class 1 verb], [locative plural from √lakṣ class 10 verb]√lakṣ -> lakṣya (participle, neuter)[locative plural from √lakṣ class 1 verb], [locative plural from √lakṣ class 10 verb]
- yojitā -
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yojitṛ (noun, masculine)[nominative single]yojitā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√yuj -> yojitā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √yuj]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.89
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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