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.

श्वेतरक्तहरिकृष्णाश्चान्या सेना हित्वादिवत् ।
कर्त्तव्यापार्थिवैर्नित्यं जयलाभसुखेच्छुमिः ॥ ५८ ॥

śvetaraktaharikṛṣṇāścānyā senā hitvādivat |
karttavyāpārthivairnityaṃ jayalābhasukhecchumiḥ || 58 ||

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

Other armies were white, red, green and black, just as the army was abandoned. He always desires victory, gain and happiness by those who seek his duty and business.

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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 (2.58). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shvetarakta, Harikrishna, Karttavya, Aparthiva, Nityam, Nitya, Jaya, Labha, Sukha, Icchu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 2.58). 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: “śvetaraktaharikṛṣṇāścānyā senā hitvādivat
  • śvetarakta -
  • śvetarakta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śvetarakta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • harikṛṣṇāś -
  • harikṛṣṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • cānyā -
  • senā* -
  • Cannot analyse hitvādivat
  • Line 2: “karttavyāpārthivairnityaṃ jayalābhasukhecchumiḥ
  • karttavyā -
  • karttavya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    karttavya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    karttavyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    kṛt -> karttavya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √kṛt class 1 verb], [vocative single from √kṛt class 6 verb]
    kṛt -> karttavya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √kṛt class 1 verb], [vocative single from √kṛt class 6 verb]
    kṛt -> karttavyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √kṛt class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṛt class 6 verb]
  • apārthivair -
  • apārthiva (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    apārthiva (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • nityam -
  • nityam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    nitya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    nitya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    nityā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • jaya -
  • jaya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    jaya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ji (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • lābha -
  • lābha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sukhe -
  • sukha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    sukha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    sukhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • icchum -
  • icchu (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    icchu (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • iḥ -
  • i (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 2.58

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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