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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 1.106
षष्टिधन्वन्तरे लक्ष्यं ज्येष्ठं लक्ष्यं प्रकीर्त्तितम् ।
चत्वारिंशत्मध्यमञ्च विंशतिश्च कनिष्ठकम् ॥ १०६ ॥
ṣaṣṭidhanvantare lakṣyaṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ lakṣyaṃ prakīrttitam |
catvāriṃśatmadhyamañca viṃśatiśca kaniṣṭhakam || 106 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
The eldest of the sixty Dhanvantaris, Lakshma, is described as Lakshma. Forty middle and twenty youngest.
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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 (1.106). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Dhanvantara, Dhanvantari, Lakshya, Jyeshtham, Jyeshtha, Prakirttita, Catvarimshat, Madhyam, Madhya, Vimshati, Kanishthaka,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.106). 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: “ṣaṣṭidhanvantare lakṣyaṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ lakṣyaṃ prakīrttitam ”
- ṣaṣṭi -
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ṣaṣṭi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- dhanvantare -
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dhanvantara (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]dhanvantari (noun, masculine)[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]
- jyeṣṭham -
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jyeṣṭham (indeclinable)[indeclinable]jyeṣṭha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]jyeṣṭha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]jyeṣṭhā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- 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]
- prakīrttitam -
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prakīrttita (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]prakīrttita (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- Line 2: “catvāriṃśatmadhyamañca viṃśatiśca kaniṣṭhakam ”
- catvāriṃśat -
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catvāriṃśat (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
- madhyam -
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madhyam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]madhya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]madhya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]madhyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- añca -
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√añc (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- viṃśatiś -
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viṃśati (noun, feminine)[nominative single]viṃśati (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- kaniṣṭhakam -
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kaniṣṭhaka (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]kaniṣṭhaka (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 1.106
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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