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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 1.141
ऊर्द्ध्वं भवेच्चापमुष्टिर्गुणमुष्टिरधो भवेत् ।
समुक्तो मार्गणो लक्ष्यादूर्द्ध्वं याति न संशयः ॥ १४१ ॥
ūrddhvaṃ bhaveccāpamuṣṭirguṇamuṣṭiradho bhavet |
samukto mārgaṇo lakṣyādūrddhvaṃ yāti na saṃśayaḥ || 141 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
The fist of the bow should be upwards, and the fist of the modes should be downwards. There is no doubt that the tracker who is released will go above the target.
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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 (1.141). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Capa, Mushti, Guna, Adhah, Adhas, Samukta, Yat, Yati, Samshaya,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.141). 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: “ūrddhvaṃ bhaveccāpamuṣṭirguṇamuṣṭiradho bhavet ”
- Cannot analyse ūrddhvam*bh
- bhavec -
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√bhū (verb class 1)[optative active third single]
- cāpa -
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cāpa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]cāpa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- muṣṭir -
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muṣṭi (noun, masculine)[nominative single]muṣṭi (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- guṇa -
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guṇa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- muṣṭir -
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muṣṭi (noun, masculine)[nominative single]muṣṭi (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- adho* -
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adhaḥ (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]adhaḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]adhas (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- bhavet -
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√bhū (verb class 1)[optative active third single]
- Line 2: “samukto mārgaṇo lakṣyādūrddhvaṃ yāti na saṃśayaḥ ”
- samukto* -
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samukta (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- mārgaṇo* -
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- Cannot analyse lakṣyādūrddhvam*yā
- yāti -
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yāti (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]yāti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]yāti (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]yāt (noun, masculine)[locative single]yāt (noun, neuter)[locative single]√yā (verb class 2)[present active third single]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- saṃśayaḥ -
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saṃśaya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.141
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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