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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 1.145
स्वाकृष्टस्तेजितोयश्च सुशुद्धो गाढमुष्टितः ।
नरनागाश्व कायेषु न तिष्ठति स मार्गणः ॥ १४५ ॥
svākṛṣṭastejitoyaśca suśuddho gāḍhamuṣṭitaḥ |
naranāgāśva kāyeṣu na tiṣṭhati sa mārgaṇaḥ || 145 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
The water was self-drawn and clean and tightly packed. That search does not remain in the bodies of men, elephants and horses.
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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 (1.145). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Sva, Svan, Akrishta, Tejita, Yah, Sushuddha, Gadhamushti, Tas, Nara, Naga, Ashva, Kaya, Tishthat, Margana,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.145). 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: “svākṛṣṭastejitoyaśca suśuddho gāḍhamuṣṭitaḥ ”
- svā -
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sū (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]sū (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]sū (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]so (noun, feminine)[adverb]sva (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]svan (noun, masculine)[compound], [nominative single]svan (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]sva (noun, masculine)[vocative single]svā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- ākṛṣṭas -
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ākṛṣṭa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- tejito -
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tejita (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√tij -> tejita (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √tij]
- yaś -
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yaḥ (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]ya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]yaḥ (pronoun, 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]
- suśuddho* -
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suśuddha (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- gāḍhamuṣṭi -
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gāḍhamuṣṭi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]gāḍhamuṣṭi (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]gāḍhamuṣṭi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- taḥ -
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tas (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]tas (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]ta (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “naranāgāśva kāyeṣu na tiṣṭhati sa mārgaṇaḥ ”
- nara -
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nara (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]nara (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- nāgā -
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nāga (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]nāga (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]nāgā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- aśva -
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aśva (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- kāyeṣu -
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kāya (noun, masculine)[locative plural]kāya (noun, neuter)[locative plural]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- tiṣṭhati -
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√sthā -> tiṣṭhat (participle, masculine)[locative single from √sthā class 1 verb]√sthā -> tiṣṭhat (participle, neuter)[locative single from √sthā class 1 verb]√sthā (verb class 1)[present active third single]
- sa -
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sa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- mārgaṇaḥ -
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mārgaṇa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.145
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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