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 4.25

वाग्दण्डैश्चार्थदण्डैश्च किंचिदाश्वासनैस्तथा ।
स्थाप्यन्ते स्ववशे दुष्टा यथैवैष गणस्तथा ॥ २५ ॥

vāgdaṇḍaiścārthadaṇḍaiśca kiṃcidāśvāsanaistathā |
sthāpyante svavaśe duṣṭā yathaivaiṣa gaṇastathā || 25 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 4.25 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 (4.25). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vagdanda, Anda, Kincid, Ashvasana, Tatha, Svavasha, Dushta, Yatha, Aisha, Gana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 4.25). 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: “vāgdaṇḍaiścārthadaṇḍaiśca kiṃcidāśvāsanaistathā
  • vāgdaṇḍaiś -
  • vāgdaṇḍa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ārthad -
  • arth (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active third single]
  • aṇḍaiś -
  • aṇḍa (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kiñcidā -
  • kiñcid (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • aśvāsanais -
  • aśvāsana (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    aśvāsana (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • tathā -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “sthāpyante svavaśe duṣṭā yathaivaiṣa gaṇastathā
  • sthāpyante -
  • sthā (verb class 0)
    [present passive third plural]
  • svavaśe -
  • svavaśa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    svavaśa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    svavaśā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • duṣṭā* -
  • duṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    duṣṭā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • yathai -
  • yathā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    yathā (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • aivai -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • aiṣa -
  • aiṣa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • gaṇas -
  • gaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tathā -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
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