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 1.116

त्रुट्यते वा गुणो यत्र प्रथमे बाणमोक्षणे ।
श्रमं तत्र न कुर्वीत शस्त्रे मतिमतां वरः ॥ ११६ ॥

truṭyate vā guṇo yatra prathame bāṇamokṣaṇe |
śramaṃ tatra na kurvīta śastre matimatāṃ varaḥ || 116 ||

Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.

Where the quality is lost when the first arrow is released The best of the wise should not exert themselves in the use of weapons.

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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 (1.116). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Trutyat, Var, Guna, Yatra, Prathama, Banamokshana, Shrama, Tatra, Shastra, Shastri, Matimat, Matimata, Vara, Varas,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.116). 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: “truṭyate guṇo yatra prathame bāṇamokṣaṇe
  • truṭyate -
  • truṭ -> truṭyat (participle, masculine)
    [dative single from √truṭ class 4 verb]
    truṭ -> truṭyat (participle, neuter)
    [dative single from √truṭ class 4 verb]
    truṭ (verb class 4)
    [present passive third single]
    truṭ (verb class 6)
    [present passive third single]
  • vā* -
  • vār (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    vār (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    va (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • guṇo* -
  • guṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • yatra -
  • yatra (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    yatra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yatra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • prathame -
  • prathama (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [locative single]
    prathama (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    prathamā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • bāṇamokṣaṇe -
  • bāṇamokṣaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • Line 2: “śramaṃ tatra na kurvīta śastre matimatāṃ varaḥ
  • śramam -
  • śrama (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • tatra -
  • tatra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tatra (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kurvīta -
  • kṛ (verb class 8)
    [optative middle third single]
  • śastre -
  • śastra (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    śastṛ (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    śastra (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • matimatām -
  • matimat (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    matimat (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    matimatā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • varaḥ -
  • varas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    vara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.116

Cover of edition (2001)

Dhanurveda Samhita (धनुर्वेदसंहिता)
by Hardayalu Swami (2001)

Publisher: Khemraj Shrikrishnadass

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Cover of edition (2023)

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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Cover of edition (2007)

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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