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Dhanurvidya Vilasamu or Dhanurvidyāvilāsamu (Telugu: ధనుర్విద్యా విలాసము) is a
treatise about the
ancient science of
Dhanurvidya or
Dhanurveda (Archery)...
- chariot-racing (rathachalan), horse-riding (aswa-rohana) and
archery (
dhanurvidya).
Competitions were held not just as a
contest of the players' prowess...
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Archery was
highly developed in Asia. The
Sanskrit term for archery,
dhanurvidya, came to
refer to
martial arts in general. In East Asia, Goguryeo, one...
- chariot-racing (rathachalan), horse-riding (aswa-rohana) and
archery (
dhanurvidya). When the 8th-century
philosopher Adi
Shankaracharya (788–820 CE) founded...
- chariot-racing (rathachalan), horse-riding (aswarohana) and
archery (
dhanurvidya).
Competitions were held not just as a
contest of the players' prowess...
- chariot-racing (rathachalan), horse-riding (aswa-rohana) and
archery (
dhanurvidya).
Other scattered references to
fighting arts in
medieval texts include...
- many
martial arts that were
mentioned in the
Vedas such as Khadgavidya,
Dhanurvidya, Gadayuddha, and Malla-yuddha.
These various martial arts and communities...
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Parashurama was a
sworn enemy of
Kshatriyas and he
taught archery (
Dhanurvidya) only to the Brahmins. Karna, however, had
decided to
learn from Parashurama...
