Amarakoshodghatana of Kshirasvamin (study)
by A. Yamuna Devi | 2012 | 77,297 words | ISBN-13: 9788193658048
This page relates 鈥楨ducation (10): Knowledge in Archery鈥� of the study on the Amarakoshodghatana of Kshirasvamin (in English) which represents a commentary on the Amarakosha of Amarasimha. These ancient texts belong the Kosha or 鈥渓exicography鈥� category of Sanskrit literature which deals with the analysis and meaning of technical words from a variety of subjects, such as cosmology, anatomy, medicine, hygiene. The Amarakosa itself is one of the earliest of such text, dating from the 6th century A.D., while the Amarakoshodghatana is the earliest known commentary on that work.
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Education (10): Knowledge in Archery
(a) Praty腻濒墨岣峢补 and 膧濒墨岣峢补 (II. 8. 86; p. 193)鈥�
[The attitudes in shooting:]
础尘补谤补办辞艣补 mentions that there are five standing postures in shooting arrows mentioning by name only two鈥�辫谤补迟测腻濒墨岣峢补 and 腻濒墨岣峢补[1].
碍峁Ｄ玶补蝉惫腻尘颈苍 defines the term 蝉迟丑腻苍补 and mentions the other three as鈥�蝉补尘补辫腻诲补, 惫补颈艣腻办丑补 and 尘补峁囜笉补濒补. He also observes that Bharata in 狈腻峁瓂补艣腻蝉迟谤补 (XI. 51) mentions six postures viz., 惫补颈峁ａ箛补惫补, 蝉补尘补辫腻诲补, 惫补颈艣腻办丑补, 尘补峁囜笉补濒补, 辫谤补迟测腻濒墨岣峢补, 腻濒墨岣峢补:
ja峁単hayo艣c膩ri niv峁泃tau 蝉迟丑颈迟颈岣� sthanakamiti tu 惫颈艣别峁岣� |
膩l墨岣峢e bhuvam腻濒墨岣峢补m |
膩di艣abd膩t蝉补尘补辫腻诲补峁� 惫补颈艣腻办丑补峁� 尘补峁囜笉补濒补峁� ca dhanurvedaprasiddham |
bharatastvanyath膩ha -惫补颈峁ａ箛补惫补峁� 蝉补尘补辫腻诲补峁� ca 惫补颈艣腻办丑补峁� 尘补峁囜笉补濒补峁� tath膩 |
pratyal墨岣峢amath腻濒墨岣峢补峁� sthan膩nyet膩ni 峁岣� n峁涐箛膩m ||[2]
It is interesting to note that while 碍峁Ｄ玶补蝉惫腻尘颈苍 gives only five poses in shooting an arrow, he quotes 狈腻峁瓂补艣腻蝉迟谤补 which gives six 鈥榮tances鈥� or postures in shooting an arrow or missile. Again, while 碍峁Ｄ玶补蝉惫腻尘颈苍 considers 鈥�蝉补尘补辫腻诲补鈥� as a posture used in Dhanurveda, 狈腻峁瓂补艣腻蝉迟谤补 (XI.59-60) treats it differently; but 狈腻峁瓂补艣腻蝉迟谤补 (XI. 52-3) shows that 痴补颈峁ａ箛补惫补 posture is related to archery. Except 鈥�蝉补尘补辫腻诲补鈥�, all the other five are said to be related to archery.