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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 1.151
अयस्तु काकतुण्डेन चर्म्मचारामुखेन हि ।
मृतपिण्डं च घटं चैव विध्येत्सूचीमुखेन वै ॥ १५१ ॥
ayastu kākatuṇḍena carmmacārāmukhena hi |
mṛtapiṇḍaṃ ca ghaṭaṃ caiva vidhyetsūcīmukhena vai || 151 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
Iron, however, has a crow’s beak and a leathery mouth. With the tip of a needle one should pierce the dead body and the pot.
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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 (1.151). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.151). 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: “ayastu kākatuṇḍena carmmacārāmukhena hi ”
- ayas -
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ayas (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]aya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]i (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]e (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- kākatuṇḍena -
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kākatuṇḍa (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]
- Cannot analyse carmmacārāmukhena*hi
- hi -
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hi (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- Line 2: “mṛtapiṇḍaṃ ca ghaṭaṃ caiva vidhyetsūcīmukhena vai ”
- mṛta -
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mṛta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]mṛta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√mṛ -> mṛta (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √mṛ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √mṛ class 6 verb]√mṛ -> mṛta (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √mṛ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √mṛ class 6 verb]
- piṇḍam -
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piṇḍa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]piṇḍā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- ghaṭam -
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ghaṭa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ghaṭa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]ghaṭā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- cai -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]cā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- aiva -
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√i (verb class 2)[imperfect active first dual]
- vidhyet -
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√vyadh (verb class 4)[optative active third single]
- sūcīmukhena -
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sūcīmukha (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]sūcīmukha (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- vai -
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√vā (verb class 1)[present middle first single], [imperative middle first single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.151
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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