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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 1.110
ऊर्द्धभेदी भवेज्ज्येष्ठो नाभिभेदी च मध्यमः ।
पादभेदी तु लक्ष्यस्य स कनिष्ठो मतो भृगो ॥ ११० ॥
ūrddhabhedī bhavejjyeṣṭho nābhibhedī ca madhyamaḥ |
pādabhedī tu lakṣyasya sa kaniṣṭho mato bhṛgo || 110 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
The eldest should be the one who breaks the upper part and the middle one should break the navel. Bhrigu is considered to be the youngest of the target’s legs.
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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 (1.110). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Nabh, Nabhi, Bhedin, Bhedi, Madhyama, Pada, Lakshya, Kanishtha, Mata, Bhrigu,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.110). 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: “ūrddhabhedī bhavejjyeṣṭho nābhibhedī ca madhyamaḥ ”
- Cannot analyse ūrddhabhedī*bh
- Cannot analyse bhavejjyeṣṭho*nā
- nābhi -
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nābhi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]nābhi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]nābhī (noun, masculine)[adverb], [vocative single]nābhī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]nābhī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]nābh (noun, feminine)[locative single]
- bhedī -
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bhedī (noun, masculine)[compound]bhedī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]bhedin (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]
- madhyamaḥ -
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madhyama (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “pādabhedī tu lakṣyasya sa kaniṣṭho mato bhṛgo ”
- pāda -
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pāda (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- bhedī -
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bhedī (noun, masculine)[compound]bhedī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]bhedin (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- lakṣyasya -
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lakṣya (noun, masculine)[genitive single]lakṣya (noun, neuter)[genitive single]√lakṣ -> lakṣya (participle, masculine)[genitive single from √lakṣ class 1 verb], [genitive single from √lakṣ class 10 verb]√lakṣ -> lakṣya (participle, neuter)[genitive single from √lakṣ class 1 verb], [genitive single from √lakṣ class 10 verb]
- sa -
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sa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- kaniṣṭho* -
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kaniṣṭha (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- mato* -
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mata (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√man -> mata (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √man class 4 verb], [nominative single from √man class 8 verb]
- bhṛgo -
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bhṛgu (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.110
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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