Veda of war

[Allen W Thrasher]

The Library of Congress has the following versions of the Dhanurveda:

ITEMS 1-3 OF 4                 SET 4: BRIEF DISPLAY
FILE: LOC3
                                (DESCENDING ORDER)

1. 91-906786: Vasistha, Rishi.  Vasistha's Dhanurveda samhita : text

     with English translation /  1st ed.  Delhi : J.P. Pub. House,
1991.  80
     p., {10} p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.

     LC CALL NUMBER: U805 .V3713 1991

2. 90-905012: Vasistha, Rishi.  Dhanurvedasamhita /  Bambai :
Khemaraja
     Srikrsnadasa Prakasana, 1990.  66 p. ; 20 cm.

     LC CALL NUMBER: U805 .V3716 1990  <Orien Hind>

3. 89-905952: Vasistha, Rishi.  Dhanurvedasamhita /  Prathamavrttih.

     Varanasi, Bharata : Caukhambha Samskrta Samsthana, 1989.  24,

     84 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

     LC CALL NUMBER: U805 .V3716 1989  <Orien Hind>

4. 85-909886: Krsnamacarya, 18th cent.  Dhanurvidyavilasamu
{microform}
     /  Madras : Govt. Oriental Manuscripts Library, 1950.  56, 170
p. :
     geneal. table ; 24 cm.

     LC CALL NUMBER: Microfiche 90/61314 (G)  <So Asia>

> From the complete records the English translation in 1 seems to be
from the same text as the Hindi trans. in 3.  No. 4 is in Telugu.

The LOC also has an uncataloged  manuscript Dhanurveda which I have
not been had the time to compare with these printed eds.  As far as I
know there is no study on whether the various printed and manuscript
Dhanurvedas are one work or several independent ones.

Allen Thrasher
Asian Division
Library of Congress