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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 1.143
अथ शुद्धगतयः ।
लक्ष्यबाणाग्रदृष्टिनां सङ्गतिस्तु यदा भवेत् ।
तदानीं मुञ्चितो बाणो लक्ष्यान्न स्खलति ध्रुवम् ॥ १४३ ॥
atha śuddhagatayaḥ |
lakṣyabāṇāgradṛṣṭināṃ saṅgatistu yadā bhavet |
tadānīṃ muñcito bāṇo lakṣyānna skhalati dhruvam || 143 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
Then there are the pure movements. When the sights of the target arrows are in contact with each other The arrow released at that time certainly does not slip from 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 (1.143). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Atha, Shuddha, Gati, Lakshya, Bana, Agra, Drishtin, Sangati, Yada, Yad, Tadanim, Muncita, Skhalat, Dhruvam, Dhruva,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.143). 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: “atha śuddhagatayaḥ ”
- atha -
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atha (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- śuddha -
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śuddha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]śuddha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√śudh -> śuddha (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √śudh class 1 verb], [vocative single from √śudh class 4 verb]√śudh -> śuddha (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √śudh class 1 verb], [vocative single from √śudh class 4 verb]
- gatayaḥ -
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gati (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]gati (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- Line 2: “lakṣyabāṇāgradṛṣṭināṃ saṅgatistu yadā bhavet ”
- lakṣya -
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lakṣya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]lakṣya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√lakṣ -> lakṣya (absolutive)[absolutive from √lakṣ]√lakṣ -> lakṣya (absolutive)[absolutive from √lakṣ]√lakṣ -> lakṣya (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √lakṣ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √lakṣ class 10 verb]√lakṣ -> lakṣya (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √lakṣ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √lakṣ class 10 verb]
- bāṇā -
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bāṇa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]bāṇa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]bāṇā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- agra -
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agra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]agra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- dṛṣṭinām -
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dṛṣṭin (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]dṛṣṭin (noun, neuter)[genitive plural]
- saṅgatis -
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saṅgati (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- yadā -
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yadā (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]yadā (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yadā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]yad (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]
- bhavet -
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√bhū (verb class 1)[optative active third single]
- Line 3: “tadānīṃ muñcito bāṇo lakṣyānna skhalati dhruvam ”
- tadānīm -
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tadānīm (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- muñcito* -
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√muñc -> muñcita (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √muñc class 1 verb]
- bāṇo* -
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bāṇa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- lakṣyānn -
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lakṣya (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]√lakṣ -> lakṣya (participle, masculine)[accusative plural from √lakṣ class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √lakṣ class 10 verb]
- a -
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a (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- skhalati -
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skhalat (noun, masculine)[locative single]skhalat (noun, neuter)[locative single]√skhal -> skhalat (participle, masculine)[locative single from √skhal class 1 verb]√skhal -> skhalat (participle, neuter)[locative single from √skhal class 1 verb]√skhal (verb class 1)[present active third single]
- dhruvam -
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dhruvam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]dhruva (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]dhruva (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]dhruvā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.143
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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