Dhanurveda Samhita [sanskrit]

3,015 words

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 1.152

बाणभङ्गकरावर्त्तः काष्ठच्छेदनमेव च ।
बिन्दुकं गोलकयुग्मं यो वेत्ति स जयी भवेत् ॥ १५२ ॥

bāṇabhaṅgakarāvarttaḥ kāṣṭhacchedanameva ca |
bindukaṃ golakayugmaṃ yo vetti sa jayī bhavet || 152 ||

Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.

He turned his hand to break arrows and cut wood Whoever knows the pair of dots and spheres is the winner.

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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 (1.152). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bana, Bhangakara, Kashtha, Ccha, Binduka, Golaka, Yugma, Yah, Jayin, Jayi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.152). 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: “bāṇabhaṅgakarāvarttaḥ kāṣṭhacchedanameva ca
  • bāṇa -
  • bāṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bāṇa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bhaṅgakarāva -
  • bhaṅgakara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • arttaḥ -
  • ard (verb class 7)
    [present active third dual]
  • kāṣṭha -
  • kāṣṭha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kāṣṭha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • cche -
  • ccha (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ccha (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • da -
  • da (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    da (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • nameva -
  • nam (verb class 1)
    [optative active first dual]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “bindukaṃ golakayugmaṃ yo vetti sa jayī bhavet
  • bindukam -
  • binduka (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    bindukā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • golaka -
  • golaka (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    golaka (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • yugmam -
  • yugma (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    yugma (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    yugmā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    yugman (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    yugman (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
  • yo* -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • vetti -
  • vid (verb class 2)
    [present active third single]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • jayī -
  • jayī (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    jayī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    jayin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bhavet -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.152

Cover of edition (2001)

Dhanurveda Samhita (धनुर्वेदसंहिता)
by Hardayalu Swami (2001)

Publisher: Khemraj Shrikrishnadass

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Cover of edition (2023)

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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Cover of edition (2007)

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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