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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 1.139
पूर्वोक्त गतिसमूहोदाहरणम् ।
कम्पते गुणमुष्टिस्तु मार्गणस्य तु पृष्ठतः ।
सन्मुखोस्याद्धनुर्मुष्टिस्तदा वामे गतिर्भवेत् ॥ १३९ ॥
pūrvokta gatisamūhodāharaṇam |
kampate guṇamuṣṭistu mārgaṇasya tu pṛṣṭhataḥ |
sanmukhosyāddhanurmuṣṭistadā vāme gatirbhavet || 139 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
The aforementioned motion group example. The fist of virtue trembles behind the search. The bow and fist should be facing the front, and the movement should be on the left.
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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 (1.139). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Purvokta, Gat, Gati, Samuha, Udaharana, Guna, Mushti, Margana, Prishthatah, Sat, Sad, Syat, Sya, Hanu, Tada, Vama,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.139). 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: “pūrvokta gatisamūhodāharaṇam ”
- pūrvokta -
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pūrvokta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]pūrvokta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- gati -
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gati (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]gati (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]gatī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]gat (noun, masculine)[locative single]gat (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- samūho -
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samūha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]samūhā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- udāharaṇam -
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udāharaṇa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- Line 2: “kampate guṇamuṣṭistu mārgaṇasya tu pṛṣṭhataḥ ”
- kampate -
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√kamp (verb class 1)[present middle third single]
- guṇa -
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guṇa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- muṣṭis -
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muṣṭi (noun, masculine)[nominative single]muṣṭi (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- mārgaṇasya -
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mārgaṇa (noun, masculine)[genitive single]mārgaṇa (noun, neuter)[genitive single]
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- pṛṣṭhataḥ -
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pṛṣṭhataḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- Line 3: “sanmukhosyāddhanurmuṣṭistadā vāme gatirbhavet ”
- san -
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sat (indeclinable)[indeclinable]sat (noun, masculine)[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single]sad (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]sad (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]sat (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- mukho -
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- syāddh -
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syāt (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]syāt (indeclinable)[indeclinable]sya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]√as (verb class 2)[optative active third single]
- hanur -
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hanu (noun, feminine)[nominative single]hanu (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- muṣṭis -
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muṣṭi (noun, masculine)[nominative single]muṣṭi (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- tadā* -
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tadā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]tada (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- vāme -
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vāma (noun, masculine)[locative single]vāma (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]vāmā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- gatir -
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gati (noun, feminine)[nominative single]gati (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- bhavet -
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√bhū (verb class 1)[optative active third single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.139
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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