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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 1.96
आत्मानं सुस्थिरं कृत्वा लक्ष्यञ्चैव स्थिरं बुधः ।
वेधयेत्प्रिप्रकारन्तु स्थिरवेधी स उच्यते ॥ ९६ ॥
ātmānaṃ susthiraṃ kṛtvā lakṣyañcaiva sthiraṃ budhaḥ |
vedhayetpriprakārantu sthiravedhī sa ucyate || 96 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
The wise man keeps himself steady and his goal steady If one pierces the pre-type of piercing, he is called a stable piercer.
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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 (1.96). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Atman, Susthira, Kritva, Kritvan, Lakshin, Lakshya, Sthira, Budha, Budh, Pri, Pra, Vedhin, Sah, Ucyat,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.96). 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: “ātmānaṃ susthiraṃ kṛtvā lakṣyañcaiva sthiraṃ budhaḥ ”
- ātmānam -
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ātman (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- susthiram -
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susthira (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]susthira (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]susthirā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- kṛtvā -
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kṛtvā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √kṛ]√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √kṛ]√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √kṛ]√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √kṛ]kṛtvan (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- lakṣya -
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lakṣin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single]lakṣin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]lakṣya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]lakṣya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√lakṣ -> lakṣya (absolutive)[absolutive from √lakṣ]√lakṣ -> lakṣya (absolutive)[absolutive from √lakṣ]√lakṣ -> lakṣya (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √lakṣ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √lakṣ class 10 verb]√lakṣ -> lakṣya (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √lakṣ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √lakṣ class 10 verb]
- añcai -
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√añc (verb class 1)[imperative active second single], [imperative middle first single]
- aiva -
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√i (verb class 2)[imperfect active first dual]
- sthiram -
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sthira (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]sthira (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]sthirā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- budhaḥ -
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budha (noun, masculine)[nominative single]budh (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]budh (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- Line 2: “vedhayetpriprakārantu sthiravedhī sa ucyate ”
- ve -
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u (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]ū (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]ū (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]ū (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]o (noun, masculine)[adverb]au (noun, feminine)[adverb]au (noun, masculine)[adverb]va (noun, masculine)[locative single]va (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]vā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]vi (noun, masculine)[vocative single]ve (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- edhayet -
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√edh (verb class 0)[optative active third single]
- pri -
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prī (noun, masculine)[adverb]prī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]prī (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- pra -
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pra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]pra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- kā -
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kā (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]kā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative single]
- rantu -
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rantu (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- sthira -
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sthira (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]sthira (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- vedhī -
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vedhin (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- sa* -
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saḥ (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- ucyate -
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√uc -> ucyat (participle, masculine)[dative single from √uc class 4 verb]√uc -> ucyat (participle, neuter)[dative single from √uc class 4 verb]√vac (verb class 2)[present passive third single]√vac (verb class 3)[present passive third single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.96
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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