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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 1.170
अथ प्रत्यागमनम् ।
खगं बाणन्तु राजेन्द्र प्रक्षिपेद्वायुसन्मुखे ।
रञ्जकस्य च नालाभिरतोह्यागमनं भवेत् ॥ १७० ॥
atha pratyāgamanam |
khagaṃ bāṇantu rājendra prakṣipedvāyusanmukhe |
rañjakasya ca nālābhiratohyāgamanaṃ bhavet || 170 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
Then the return. O best of kings, one should throw an arrow at the bird in the face of the wind. The dye should be able to come out of the hole through the drains.
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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 (1.170). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Atha, Pratyagamana, Khaga, Rajendra, Pra, Vayu, Sat, Sad, Mukha, Ranjaka, Nala, Uhya, Agamana,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.170). 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: “atha pratyāgamanam ”
- atha -
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atha (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- pratyāgamanam -
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pratyāgamana (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- Line 2: “khagaṃ bāṇantu rājendra prakṣipedvāyusanmukhe ”
- khagam -
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khaga (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]khaga (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]khagā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- bā -
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ba (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- aṇantu -
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√aṇ (verb class 1)[imperative active third plural]
- rājendra -
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rājendra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- pra -
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pra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]pra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]pra (Preverb)[Preverb]
- kṣiped -
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√kṣip (verb class 6)[optative active third single]
- vāyu -
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vāyu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]vāyu (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]vāyu (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- san -
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sat (indeclinable)[indeclinable]sat (noun, masculine)[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single]sad (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]sad (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]sat (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- mukhe -
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mukha (noun, masculine)[locative single]mukha (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- Line 3: “rañjakasya ca nālābhiratohyāgamanaṃ bhavet ”
- rañjakasya -
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rañjaka (noun, masculine)[genitive single]rañjaka (noun, neuter)[genitive single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- nālābhir -
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nālā (noun, feminine)[instrumental plural]
- ato -
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√at (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- uhyā -
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√uh -> uhya (absolutive)[absolutive from √uh]√vah -> uhya (absolutive)[absolutive from √vah]uhya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]uhya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√u (verb class 2)[imperative active second single]
- āgamanam -
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āgamana (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- bhavet -
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√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 1.170
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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