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 3.55

दूतस्वप्ननिमित्ताद्यैः कथं ज्ञेयं शुभाशुभम् ।
कारुक्रियासु चित्रेषु तथा लेप्यक्रियासु च ॥ ५५ ॥

dūtasvapnanimittādyaiḥ kathaṃ jñeyaṃ śubhāśubham |
kārukriyāsu citreṣu tathā lepyakriyāsu ca || 55 ||

The English translation of Verse 3.55 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 (3.55). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Duta, Svapna, Nimitta, Yah, Yat, Katham, Katha, Jneya, Shubhashubha, Kriya, Citra, Tatha, Lepin, Lepya, Akriya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 3.55). 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: “dūtasvapnanimittādyaiḥ kathaṃ jñeyaṃ śubhāśubham
  • dūta -
  • dūta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • svapna -
  • svapna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    svapna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • nimittād -
  • nimitta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • yaiḥ -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • katham -
  • 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]
  • jñeyam -
  • jñeya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    jñeya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    jñeyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    jñā -> jñeya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √jñā class 3 verb], [accusative single from √jñā class 9 verb]
    jñā -> jñeya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √jñā class 3 verb], [accusative single from √jñā class 3 verb], [nominative single from √jñā class 9 verb], [accusative single from √jñā class 9 verb]
  • śubhāśubham -
  • śubhāśubha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śubhāśubha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    śubhāśubhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “kārukriyāsu citreṣu tathā lepyakriyāsu ca
  • kāru -
  • kāru (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • kriyāsu -
  • kriyā (noun, feminine)
    [locative plural]
  • citreṣu -
  • citra (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    citra (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • tathā* -
  • tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    tatha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • lepya -
  • lepin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single]
    lepin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    lepya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    lepya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    lip -> lepya (participle, masculine)
    [compound from √lip]
    lip -> lepya (participle, neuter)
    [compound from √lip]
    lep -> lepya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √lep]
    lip -> lepya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √lip]
    lep -> lepya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √lep class 1 verb]
    lep -> lepya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √lep class 1 verb]
    lip -> lepya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √lip class 1 verb], [vocative single from √lip class 6 verb], [vocative single from √lip]
    lip -> lepya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √lip class 1 verb], [vocative single from √lip class 6 verb], [vocative single from √lip]
  • akriyāsu -
  • akriyā (noun, feminine)
    [locative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 3.55

Cover of edition (2011)

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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