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).

अथास्य नाभावम्भोजमभूत् तस्मिन्नगायत ।
सर्वज्ञानाश्रयः श्रीमांश्चतुर्वक्त्रः सुरेश्वरः ॥ ६ ॥

athāsya nābhāvambhojamabhūt tasminnagāyata |
sarvajñānāśrayaḥ śrīmāṃścaturvaktraḥ sureśvaraḥ || 6 ||

The English translation of Verse 4.6 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 (4.6). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Atha, Idam, Nabh, Nabha, Nabhi, Ambhoja, Tad, Sarvajnana, Ashri, Shrimat, Caturvaktra, Sureshvara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 4.6). 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: “athāsya nābhāvambhojamabhūt tasminnagāyata
  • athā -
  • athā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    atha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • asya -
  • as -> asya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √as]
    a (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    idam (pronoun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    idam (pronoun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    as (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single]
  • nābhāva -
  • nābh (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    nābha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    nābhi (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    nābhi (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • ambhojam -
  • ambhoja (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ambhoja (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • abhūt -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [aorist active third single]
  • tasminn -
  • tad (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • agāyata -
  • (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active second plural]
  • Line 2: “sarvajñānāśrayaḥ śrīmāṃścaturvaktraḥ sureśvaraḥ
  • sarvajñānā -
  • sarvajñāna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sarvajñāna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • aśrayaḥ -
  • aśri (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    śri (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active second single]
  • śrīmāṃś -
  • śrīmat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • caturvaktraḥ -
  • caturvaktra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sureśvaraḥ -
  • sureśvara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 4.6

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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