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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 1.109
त्रिंशतैर्मध्यमश्चैव द्विशताभ्यां कनिष्ठकः ।
लक्ष्यं च पुरुषोन्मानं कुर्य्याच्चन्द्रकसंयुतम् ॥ १०९ ॥
triṃśatairmadhyamaścaiva dviśatābhyāṃ kaniṣṭhakaḥ |
lakṣyaṃ ca puruṣonmānaṃ kuryyāccandrakasaṃyutam || 109 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
The middle one is thirty and the youngest is two hundred The target should be placed in the middle of the moon.
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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 (1.109). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Trimshat, Madhyama, Dvishata, Kanishthaka, Lakshya, Purusha, Unmana,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.109). 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: “triṃśatairmadhyamaścaiva dviśatābhyāṃ kaniṣṭhakaḥ ”
- triṃśatai -
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triṃśat (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]
- air -
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a (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]√i (verb class 2)[imperfect active second single]
- madhyamaś -
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madhyama (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- cai -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]cā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- aiva -
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√i (verb class 2)[imperfect active first dual]
- dviśatābhyām -
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dviśata (noun, masculine)[instrumental dual], [dative dual], [ablative dual]dviśata (noun, neuter)[instrumental dual], [dative dual], [ablative dual]
- kaniṣṭhakaḥ -
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kaniṣṭhaka (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “lakṣyaṃ ca puruṣonmānaṃ kuryyāccandrakasaṃyutam ”
- 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]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- puruṣo -
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puruṣa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]puruṣa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]puruṣā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- unmānam -
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unmāna (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]unmāna (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]unmānā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Cannot analyse kuryyāccandrakasaṃyutam
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.109
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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