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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 1.105
उत्तरेण सदा कार्य्यमवश्यमवरोधिकम् ।
संग्रामेण विना कार्य्यं न लक्ष्यं दक्षिणामुखम् ॥ १०५ ॥
uttareṇa sadā kāryyamavaśyamavarodhikam |
saṃgrāmeṇa vinā kāryyaṃ na lakṣyaṃ dakṣiṇāmukham || 105 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
The north must always be done without interruption Without fighting, nothing should be done, no target facing south.
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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 (1.105). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Uttarena, Uttara, Sada, Sad, Karyin, Ama, Vashya, Avarodhika, Sangrama, Vina, Lakshya, Dakshinamukha,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.105). 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: “uttareṇa sadā kāryyamavaśyamavarodhikam ”
- uttareṇa -
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uttareṇa (indeclinable)[indeclinable]uttara (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]uttara (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- sadā -
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sadā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]sad (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]sad (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]sadā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- kāryya -
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kāryin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single]kāryin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- ama -
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ama (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ama (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- vaśyam -
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vaśya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]vaśya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]vaśyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√vaś -> vaśya (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √vaś class 1 verb], [accusative single from √vaś class 2 verb], [accusative single from √vaś class 3 verb]√vaś -> vaśya (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √vaś class 1 verb], [accusative single from √vaś class 1 verb], [nominative single from √vaś class 2 verb], [accusative single from √vaś class 2 verb], [nominative single from √vaś class 3 verb], [accusative single from √vaś class 3 verb]
- avarodhikam -
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avarodhika (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]avarodhikā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Line 2: “saṃgrāmeṇa vinā kāryyaṃ na lakṣyaṃ dakṣiṇāmukham ”
- saṅgrāmeṇa -
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saṅgrāma (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]saṅgrāma (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- vinā -
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vinā (indeclinable postposition)[indeclinable postposition]vi (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]vi (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]vī (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]vinā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- kāryya -
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kāryin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single]kāryin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- am -
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a (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ap (noun, feminine)[compound]ap (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]ā (noun, feminine)[adverb]e (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- lakṣyam -
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lakṣya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]lakṣya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]lakṣyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√lakṣ -> lakṣya (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √lakṣ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √lakṣ class 10 verb]√lakṣ -> lakṣya (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √lakṣ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √lakṣ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √lakṣ class 10 verb], [accusative single from √lakṣ class 10 verb]
- dakṣiṇāmukham -
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dakṣiṇāmukha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]dakṣiṇāmukha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.105
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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