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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 1.172
पूर्वाभ्यासस्य शास्त्राणामविस्मरणहेतवे ।
मासद्वयं श्रमं कुर्य्यात्प्रतिवर्षं शरदृतौ ॥ १७२ ॥
pūrvābhyāsasya śāstrāṇāmavismaraṇahetave |
māsadvayaṃ śramaṃ kuryyātprativarṣaṃ śaradṛtau || 172 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
To prevent one from forgetting the scriptures of previous practice Every year in the autumn season one should work hard for two months.
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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 (1.172). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Purvabhyasa, Shastra, Avi, Smarana, Hetu, Masadvaya, Shrama, Sharadritu,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.172). 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: “pūrvābhyāsasya śāstrāṇāmavismaraṇahetave ”
- pūrvābhyāsasya -
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pūrvābhyāsa (noun, masculine)[genitive single]
- śāstrāṇām -
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śāstra (noun, neuter)[genitive plural]
- avi -
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avi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]avi (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]avi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]avī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]o (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- smaraṇa -
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smaraṇa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- hetave -
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hetu (noun, masculine)[dative single]
- Line 2: “māsadvayaṃ śramaṃ kuryyātprativarṣaṃ śaradṛtau ”
- māsadvayam -
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māsadvaya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- śramam -
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śrama (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- Cannot analyse kuryyātprativarṣam*śa
- śaradṛtau -
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śaradṛtu (noun, masculine)[locative single]śaradṛtu (noun, feminine)[locative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 1.172
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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