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 1.167

पुनः शर्करया तच्च ताडयेच्छब्दहेतवे ।
पुनर्निश्चयतां नेयं शब्दस्थानानुसारतः ॥ १६७ ॥

punaḥ śarkarayā tacca tāḍayecchabdahetave |
punarniścayatāṃ neyaṃ śabdasthānānusārataḥ || 167 ||

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

Again, beat it with sugar to make a sound. Again let us decide whether this is the case according to the place of the sound.

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

Puna, Sharkara, Tat, Tad, Shabda, Hetu, Punar, Nishcaya, Neya, Tha, Anu, Saratah,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.167). 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: “punaḥ śarkarayā tacca tāḍayecchabdahetave
  • punaḥ -
  • pu (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    puna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • śarkarayā -
  • śarkarā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • tac -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tāḍayecch -
  • taḍ (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • śabda -
  • śabda (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • hetave -
  • hetu (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
  • Line 2: “punarniścayatāṃ neyaṃ śabdasthānānusārataḥ
  • punar -
  • punar (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    punar (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • niścaya -
  • niścaya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tām -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • neyam -
  • neya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    neya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    neyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    -> neya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √ class 1 verb]
    -> neya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √ class 1 verb]
  • śabdas -
  • śabda (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • thān -
  • tha (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • ānu -
  • ānu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ānu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ānu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • sārataḥ -
  • sārataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.167

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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