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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 2.59
ब्रह्मा विष्णुश्च रुद्रश्च चन्द्रसूर्यौ यथाक्रमम् ।
अधीशाः पञ्चसेनानां विज्ञेयाः शृणु गाधिज ॥ ५९ ॥
brahmā viṣṇuśca rudraśca candrasūryau yathākramam |
adhīśāḥ pañcasenānāṃ vijñeyāḥ śṛṇu gādhija || 59 ||
Note! The following is not a translation of the above verse, but merely an arbitrary extract of the English text.
Brahma, Vishnu, Rudra, the moon and the sun, respectively. O son of Gadhi, please hear from me the commanders of the five armies.
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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 (2.59). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Brahma, Vishnu, Rudra, Candrasurya, Yatha, Akramam, Akrama, Adhisha, Nana, Vijneya, Gadhija,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 2.59). 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: “brahmā viṣṇuśca rudraśca candrasūryau yathākramam ”
- brahmā* -
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brahma (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]brahmā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- viṣṇuś -
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viṣṇu (noun, feminine)[nominative single]viṣṇu (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- rudraś -
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rudra (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- candrasūryau -
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candrasūrya (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- yathā -
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yathā (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]yathā (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yathā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- akramam -
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akramam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]akrama (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]akrama (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]akramā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√kram (verb class 1)[imperfect active first single], [aorist active first single]√kram (verb class 4)[aorist active first single]
- Line 2: “adhīśāḥ pañcasenānāṃ vijñeyāḥ śṛṇu gādhija ”
- adhīśāḥ -
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adhīśa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- pañcase -
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√pañc (verb class 1)[present middle second single]
- nānām -
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na (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]na (noun, neuter)[genitive plural]nā (noun, feminine)[genitive plural]nānā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- vijñeyāḥ -
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vijñeya (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]vijñeyā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- śṛṇu -
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√śru (verb class 5)[imperative active second single]
- gādhija -
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gādhija (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 2.59
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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