Dhanurveda Samhita [sanskrit]

3,015 words

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.

षष्ठ स्थाने ग्रहा येषां क्रूराः पापाः पतन्ति हि ।
ते युद्धे युद्ध्यतां वीरा नान्ये कार्य्यकरा यतः ।
व भ ध ड छ क वर्णा ह्यादिमायां प्रकल्प्य ।
तदनु हि अच वर्णा आदिकाः सर्व्वलेख्याः ।
उपरिगतभवस्तान् स्थाप्य सर्वान् क्रमेण ।
भवति च युवयस्या युद्ध्यतां सा प्रसेना ॥ ५६ ॥

ṣaṣṭha sthāne grahā yeṣāṃ krūrāḥ pāpāḥ patanti hi |
te yuddhe yuddhyatāṃ vīrā nānye kāryyakarā yataḥ |
va bha dha ḍa cha ka varṇā hyādimāyāṃ prakalpya |
tadanu hi aca varṇā ādikāḥ sarvvalekhyāḥ |
uparigatabhavastān sthāpya sarvān krameṇa |
bhavati ca yuvayasyā yuddhyatāṃ sā prasenā || 56 ||

Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.

The planets in the sixth house are the ones whose cruel sins fall upon them. Let those heroes fight in battle because no one else is useful V B D D Ch K Varna Hyadimaya assumed. After that, the characters ach and others are all written. You placed them all in order on the surface. She becomes a young woman and fights with Prasena.

English translation by Hardayalu Swami (2001) Buy now!

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (2.56). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shashtha, Sthane, Sthana, Graha, Yah, Yat, Krura, Papa, Patanti, Patat, Tad, Yushmad, Yuddha, Yudh, Yut, Vira, Karyin, Akara, Yatah, Yata, Bha, Dha, Cha, Varna, Adima, Prakalpya, Tada, Adika, Uparigata, Bhava, Bhu, Sthapya, Sarva, Kramena, Krama, Bhavati, Bhavat, Bhavant, Yasya, Ina,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 2.56). 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: “ṣaṣṭha sthāne grahā yeṣāṃ krūrāḥ pāpāḥ patanti hi
  • ṣaṣṭha -
  • ṣaṣṭha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ṣaṣṭha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sthāne -
  • sthāne (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sthāna (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • grahā* -
  • graha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    grahā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • yeṣām -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
  • krūrāḥ -
  • krūra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    krūrā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • pāpāḥ -
  • pāpa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    pāpā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • patanti -
  • patantī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    patat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    pat -> patat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √pat class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √pat class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √pat class 1 verb]
    pat -> patantī (participle, feminine)
    [vocative single from √pat class 1 verb]
    pat (verb class 1)
    [present active third plural]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • Line 2: “te yuddhe yuddhyatāṃ vīrā nānye kāryyakarā yataḥ
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • yuddhe -
  • yuddha (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    yuddha (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    yuddhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    yudh -> yuddha (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √yudh class 1 verb], [locative single from √yudh class 4 verb]
    yudh -> yuddha (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √yudh class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √yudh class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √yudh class 1 verb], [locative single from √yudh class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √yudh class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √yudh class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √yudh class 4 verb], [locative single from √yudh class 4 verb]
    yudh -> yuddhā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative dual from √yudh class 1 verb], [vocative single from √yudh class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √yudh class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √yudh class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √yudh class 4 verb], [vocative single from √yudh class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √yudh class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √yudh class 4 verb]
  • yuddh -
  • yudh (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    yudh (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    yut (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    yut (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • hya -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • atā -
  • at (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • am -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    e (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • vīrā* -
  • vīra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    vīrā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • nānye -
  • kāryya -
  • kāryin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single]
    kāryin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • akarā* -
  • akara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    akarā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • yataḥ -
  • yataḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    yat (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    yat (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    yata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    i -> yat (participle, masculine)
    [accusative plural from √i class 2 verb], [ablative single from √i class 2 verb], [genitive single from √i class 2 verb]
    i -> yat (participle, neuter)
    [ablative single from √i class 2 verb], [genitive single from √i class 2 verb]
    yam -> yata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √yam class 1 verb]
  • Line 3: “va bha dha ḍa cha ka varṇā hyādimāyāṃ prakalpya
  • va -
  • va (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    va (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bha -
  • bha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dha -
  • dha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Cannot analyse ḍa*ch
  • cha -
  • cha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    cha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ka -
  • ka (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • varṇā* -
  • varṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    varṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • hyā -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • ādimāyām -
  • ādimā (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • prakalpya -
  • prakalpya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prakalpya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 4: “tadanu hi aca varṇā ādikāḥ sarvvalekhyāḥ
  • tada -
  • tada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • nu -
  • nu (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    nu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    nau (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • aca -
  • ac (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
    añc (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • varṇā* -
  • varṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    varṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ādikāḥ -
  • ādika (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • Cannot analyse sarvvalekhyāḥ
  • Line 5: “uparigatabhavastān sthāpya sarvān krameṇa
  • uparigata -
  • uparigata (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    uparigata (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bhavas -
  • bhava (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    bhu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    bhu (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • tān -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • sthāpya -
  • sthāpya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sthāpya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sthā -> sthāpya (participle, masculine)
    [compound from √sthā]
    sthā -> sthāpya (participle, neuter)
    [compound from √sthā]
    sthā -> sthāpya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √sthā]
    sthā -> sthāpya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √sthā]
    sthā -> sthāpya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √sthā]
  • sarvān -
  • sarva (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • krameṇa -
  • krameṇa (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    krama (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • Line 6: “bhavati ca yuvayasyā yuddhyatāṃ prasenā
  • bhavati -
  • bhavatī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    bhavat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhavat (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    bhavant (pronoun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhavant (pronoun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    bhū (verb class 1)
    [present active third single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • yuva -
  • yuvan (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    yu (verb class 6)
    [imperative active second single]
  • yasyā* -
  • yasya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    yasyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • yuddh -
  • yudh (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    yudh (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    yut (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    yut (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • hya -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • atā -
  • at (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • am -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    e (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • -
  • (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • prase -
  • pras (verb class 1)
    [present middle first single], [imperative active second single]
  • inā -
  • i (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    inā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 2.56

Cover of edition (2001)

Dhanurveda Samhita (धनुर्वेदसंहिता)
by Hardayalu Swami (2001)

Publisher: Khemraj Shrikrishnadass

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Cover of edition (2023)

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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Cover of edition (2007)

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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