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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 2.24
सूर्य्ये पूर्वे चोत्तरे च मुखं कृत्वा जयेन्नरः ।
चन्द्र मुखं सदा कुर्य्याद्दक्षिणे पश्चिमे सुधीः ॥ २४ ॥
sūryye pūrve cottare ca mukhaṃ kṛtvā jayennaraḥ |
candra mukhaṃ sadā kuryyāddakṣiṇe paścime sudhīḥ || 24 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
A man who faces the sun in the east and north should conquer it. A prudent person should always place the moon facing the southwest.
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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 (2.24). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Purva, Uttara, Mukha, Kritva, Kritvan, Nara, Nri, Candra, Sada, Sad, Pashcime, Pashcima, Sudhi,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 2.24). 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: “sūryye pūrve cottare ca mukhaṃ kṛtvā jayennaraḥ ”
- Cannot analyse sūryye*pū
- pūrve -
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pūrva (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [locative single]pūrva (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]pūrvā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- co -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]cā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- uttare -
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uttara (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [locative single]uttara (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]uttarā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- mukham -
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mukha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]mukha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- kṛtvā -
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kṛtvā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √kṛ]√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √kṛ]√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √kṛ]√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √kṛ]kṛtvan (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- jayen -
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√ji (verb class 1)[optative active third single]
- naraḥ -
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nara (noun, masculine)[nominative single]nṛ (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- Line 2: “candra mukhaṃ sadā kuryyāddakṣiṇe paścime sudhīḥ ”
- candra -
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candra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]candra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
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mukha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]mukha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- sadā -
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sadā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]sad (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]sad (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]sadā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- Cannot analyse kuryyāddakṣiṇe*pa
- paścime -
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paścime (indeclinable)[indeclinable]paścima (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [locative single]paścima (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]paścimā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- sudhīḥ -
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sudhī (noun, feminine)[nominative single], [vocative single]sudhī (noun, masculine)[nominative single], [vocative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 2.24
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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