Syainika Sastra [sanskrit]

3,001 words

The Sanskrit text of the Syainika-Sastra attributed to king Rudradeva (or Candradeva) from the 13th century. This book deals with Hunting and Hawking and is written as a traditional type of Sanskrit educational treatise (Shastra). It contains 368 Sanskrit verses and contains many overlapping topics, such as the treatment and diet of birds.

Verse 3.1

अथेदानीं मृगव्या तु समासव्यासयोगतः ।
एकापि चाष्टधा सैषा बहुधात्र निरूप्यते ॥ १ ॥

athedānīṃ mṛgavyā tu samāsavyāsayogataḥ |
ekāpi cāṣṭadhā saiṣā bahudhātra nirūpyate || 1 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 3.1 is contained in the book Syainika-Sastra (Ancient Text on Hawking) by Mahamahopadhyaya Haraprasad Shastri. This book is not available online so in order to read the full text and translation you should buy the book:

Buy now! Sanskrit text by Mahamahopadhyaya Haraprasad Shastri (2005)

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (3.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Atha, Idanim, Samasavyasayogatah, Eka, Api, Dha, Bahudha, Atra, Nirupyata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 3.1). 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: “athedānīṃ mṛgavyā tu samāsavyāsayogataḥ
  • athe -
  • athā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    atha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • idānīm -
  • idānīm (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • mṛgavyā -
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • samāsavyāsayogataḥ -
  • samāsavyāsayogataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • Line 2: “ekāpi cāṣṭadhā saiṣā bahudhātra nirūpyate
  • ekā -
  • eka (noun, neuter)
    [compound]
    ekā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • cāṣ -
  • ca (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ṭa -
  • ṭa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ṭa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dhā -
  • dhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    dhā (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • sai -
  • (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiṣā -
  • bahudhā -
  • bahudhā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • atra -
  • atra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    atra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    atra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • nirūpyate -
  • nirūpyatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
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