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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 1.148
सार्द्धाङ्गुलप्रमाणेन लोहपत्राणि कारयेत् ।
तानि भित्त्वैकबाणेन दृढघाती भवेन्नरः ॥ १४८ ॥
sārddhāṅgulapramāṇena lohapatrāṇi kārayet |
tāni bhittvaikabāṇena dṛḍhaghātī bhavennaraḥ || 148 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
Make iron sheets the size of half a finger. A man who breaks through these with a single arrow becomes a strong killer.
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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 (1.148). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Arddha, Angulapramana, Loha, Patra, Tad, Tani, Bhittva, Aika, Bana, Dridha, Ghati, Ghatin, Nara, Nri,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.148). 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: “sārddhāṅgulapramāṇena lohapatrāṇi kārayet ”
- sā -
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sā (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]sa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]sā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- ārddhā -
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ārddha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- aṅgulapramāṇena -
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aṅgulapramāṇa (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]aṅgulapramāṇa (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- loha -
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loha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]loha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√luh (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- patrāṇi -
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patra (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- kārayet -
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√kṛ (verb class 0)[optative active third single]
- Line 2: “tāni bhittvaikabāṇena dṛḍhaghātī bhavennaraḥ ”
- tāni -
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tānī (noun, masculine)[adverb], [vocative single]tānī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]tānī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]ta (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]tad (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
- bhittvai -
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√bhid -> bhittvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √bhid]√bhid -> bhittvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √bhid]bhittvā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- aika -
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aika (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]aika (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- bāṇena -
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bāṇa (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]bāṇa (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- dṛḍha -
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dṛḍha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]dṛḍha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- ghātī -
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ghāti (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]ghātin (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- bhaven -
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√bhū (verb class 1)[optative active third single]
- naraḥ -
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nara (noun, masculine)[nominative single]nṛ (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.148
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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