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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 2.15
अपूर्ण शत्रुसामग्री पूर्णे वै स्वबलन्तथा ।
कुरुते पूर्णसत्वस्थो जयत्येको वसुन्धराम् ॥ १५ ॥
apūrṇa śatrusāmagrī pūrṇe vai svabalantathā |
kurute pūrṇasatvastho jayatyeko vasundharām || 15 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
The enemy’s materials were incomplete, but his own forces were incomplete. He who is in full strength performs the rituals and conquers the earth alone.
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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 (2.15). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Apurna, Samagri, Purna, Purni, Svabala, Tatha, Kuruta, Satvan, Stha, Jayat, Jayati, Eka, Vasundhara,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 2.15). 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: “apūrṇa śatrusāmagrī pūrṇe vai svabalantathā ”
- apūrṇa -
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apūrṇa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]apūrṇa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- śatru -
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śatru (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]
- sāmagrī -
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sāmagrī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]
- pūrṇe -
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pūrṇa (noun, masculine)[locative single]pūrṇa (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]pūrṇā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]pūrṇi (noun, feminine)[vocative single]√pṝ -> pūrṇa (participle, masculine)[locative single from √pṝ class 3 verb], [locative single from √pṝ class 6 verb], [locative single from √pṝ class 9 verb]√pṝ -> pūrṇa (participle, neuter)[nominative dual from √pṝ class 3 verb], [vocative dual from √pṝ class 3 verb], [accusative dual from √pṝ class 3 verb], [locative single from √pṝ class 3 verb], [nominative dual from √pṝ class 6 verb], [vocative dual from √pṝ class 6 verb], [accusative dual from √pṝ class 6 verb], [locative single from √pṝ class 6 verb], [nominative dual from √pṝ class 9 verb], [vocative dual from √pṝ class 9 verb], [accusative dual from √pṝ class 9 verb], [locative single from √pṝ class 9 verb]√pṝ -> pūrṇā (participle, feminine)[nominative dual from √pṝ class 3 verb], [vocative single from √pṝ class 3 verb], [vocative dual from √pṝ class 3 verb], [accusative dual from √pṝ class 3 verb], [nominative dual from √pṝ class 6 verb], [vocative single from √pṝ class 6 verb], [vocative dual from √pṝ class 6 verb], [accusative dual from √pṝ class 6 verb], [nominative dual from √pṝ class 9 verb], [vocative single from √pṝ class 9 verb], [vocative dual from √pṝ class 9 verb], [accusative dual from √pṝ class 9 verb]
- vai -
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√vā (verb class 1)[present middle first single], [imperative middle first single]
- svabalan -
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svabala (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]svabala (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- tathā -
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tathā (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tathā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tathā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “kurute pūrṇasatvastho jayatyeko vasundharām ”
- kurute -
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kurutā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]kuruta (noun, masculine)[locative single]kuruta (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]√kṛ (verb class 8)[present middle third single]
- pūrṇa -
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pūrṇa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]pūrṇa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√pṝ -> pūrṇa (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √pṝ class 3 verb], [vocative single from √pṝ class 6 verb], [vocative single from √pṝ class 9 verb]√pṝ -> pūrṇa (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √pṝ class 3 verb], [vocative single from √pṝ class 6 verb], [vocative single from √pṝ class 9 verb]
- satva -
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satvan (noun, masculine)[compound]satvan (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- stho* -
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stha (noun, masculine)[nominative single]sthā (noun, masculine)[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]√as (verb class 2)[present active second dual]
- jayatye -
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jayati (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]jayat (noun, masculine)[locative single]jayat (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]√ji -> jayat (participle, masculine)[locative single from √ji class 1 verb]√ji -> jayat (participle, neuter)[nominative dual from √ji class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √ji class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √ji class 1 verb], [locative single from √ji class 1 verb]√ji (verb class 1)[present active third single]
- eko* -
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eka (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- vasundharām -
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vasundharā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 2.15
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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