Samarangana-sutradhara [sanskrit]
61,230 words | ISBN-10: 8171103022
The Sanskrit edition of the Samarangana Sutradhara including grammatical analysis. The Samarangana Sutradhara is an encyclopedic work on classical Indian architecture (Vastu Shastra). Alternative titles: Samaranganasutradhara, Samarāṅgaṇa Sūtradhāra (समराङ्गण सूत्रधार), Samarāṅgaṇasūtradhāra (समराङ्गणसूत्रधार).
Verse 3.41
मानानि कानि भित्तीनां पीठानामुच्छ्रयाश्च के ।
कथं तानि विकल्प्यानि वर्णानां मेखलादिभिः ॥ ४१ ॥
mānāni kāni bhittīnāṃ pīṭhānāmucchrayāśca ke |
kathaṃ tāni vikalpyāni varṇānāṃ mekhalādibhiḥ || 41 ||
The English translation of Verse 3.41 is contained in the book Samarangana Sutradhara of Bhojadeva by Sudarshan Kumar Sharma. This book is not available online so in order to read the full text and translation you should buy the book:
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Glossary of Sanskrit terms
Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (3.41). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Mana, Kim, Bhitti, Pitha, Ucchraya, Kah, Katham, Katha, Tad, Tani, Vikalpya, Varna, Mekhala,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
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- Line 1: “mānāni kāni bhittīnāṃ pīṭhānāmucchrayāśca ke ”
- mānāni -
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māna (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√man -> māna (participle, neuter)[nominative plural from √man class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √man class 4 verb], [accusative plural from √man class 4 verb], [nominative plural from √man class 8 verb], [vocative plural from √man class 8 verb], [accusative plural from √man class 8 verb]√mān (verb class 1)[imperative active first single]
- kāni -
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ka (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]kim (pronoun, neuter)[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
- bhittīnām -
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bhitti (noun, feminine)[genitive plural]
- pīṭhānām -
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pīṭha (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]pīṭha (noun, neuter)[genitive plural]
- ucchrayāś -
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ucchraya (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- ke -
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ka (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]ka (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative plural]kim (pronoun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]kā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
- Line 2: “kathaṃ tāni vikalpyāni varṇānāṃ mekhalādibhiḥ ”
- katham -
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katham (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]katham (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kathā (noun, feminine)[adverb]katha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]katha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- tāni -
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tānī (noun, masculine)[adverb], [vocative single]tānī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]tānī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]ta (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]tad (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
- vikalpyāni -
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vikalpya (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- varṇānām -
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varṇa (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]varṇa (noun, neuter)[genitive plural]varṇā (noun, feminine)[genitive plural]
- mekhalād -
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mekhala (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]mekhala (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]
- ibhiḥ -
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i (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 3.41
Samrangana Sutradhara: Treatise of Housing Architecture, Machines, Inconography and Dance
by Maharajdhiraj Shri Bhoj Dev (2011)
Sanskrit text with Hindi Transalation; Set of two volumes.
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