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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 2.49
एतान्व्यूहान्परिव्यूह्य सेनापतिर्वसेत्सदा ।
बला ध्यक्षादिकान् सर्वान् सर्वदिक्षु नियोजयेत् ।
ततो दण्डव्यूहः ।
सर्वतो भये दण्डव्यूहर्रचनाकार्य्या ॥ ४९ ॥
etānvyūhānparivyūhya senāpatirvasetsadā |
balā dhyakṣādikān sarvān sarvadikṣu niyojayet |
tato daṇḍavyūhaḥ |
sarvato bhaye daṇḍavyūharracanākāryyā || 49 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
The commander of the army should always reside around these divisions. One should deploy all the forces, such as the Dhikshas, in all directions. Then the staff cluster. They should be prepared to arrange a staff of rods in fear from all sides.
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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 (2.49). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Eta, Esha, Vyuha, Parivi, Uhya, Senapati, Sada, Sad, Bala, Dha, Dhi, Akshadi, Kah, Sarva, Sarvadikshu, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Dandavyuha, Sarvatah, Sarvata, Bhaya,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 2.49). 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: “etānvyūhānparivyūhya senāpatirvasetsadā ”
- etān -
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eta (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]eṣa (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- vyūhān -
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vyūha (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- parivyū -
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parivī (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]parivī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]parivī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
- ūhya -
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ūhya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ūhya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√ūh -> ūhya (absolutive)[absolutive from √ūh]√ūh -> ūhya (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √ūh class 1 verb]√ūh -> ūhya (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √ūh class 1 verb]
- senāpatir -
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senāpati (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- vaset -
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√vas (verb class 1)[optative active third single]
- sadā -
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sadā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]sad (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]sad (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]sadā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “balā dhyakṣādikān sarvān sarvadikṣu niyojayet ”
- balā* -
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bala (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]balā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- dhya -
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dhi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]dhī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]dhā (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- akṣādi -
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akṣādi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]akṣādi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]akṣādi (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- kān -
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ka (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- sarvān -
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sarva (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- sarvadikṣu -
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sarvadikṣu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]sarvadikṣu (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]sarvadikṣu (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- niyo -
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nī (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]nī (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
- jayet -
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√ji (verb class 1)[optative active third single]
- Line 3: “tato daṇḍavyūhaḥ ”
- tato* -
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tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tataḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tad (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]tata (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]sa (noun, masculine)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]sā (noun, feminine)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
- daṇḍavyūhaḥ -
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daṇḍavyūha (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- Line 4: “sarvato bhaye daṇḍavyūharracanākāryyā ”
- sarvato* -
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sarvataḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]sarvata (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- bhaye -
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bhaya (noun, masculine)[locative single]bhaya (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]bhayā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- Cannot analyse daṇḍavyūharracanākāryyā
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 2.49
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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