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).

अरण्यचारिषु श्रेष्ठः सिंहः शौर्यबलादिभिः ।
सुपर्णा भुजगाः कीटा येऽपि च स्युः पिपीलिकाः ॥ ३३ ॥

araṇyacāriṣu śreṣṭhaḥ siṃhaḥ śauryabalādibhiḥ |
suparṇā bhujagāḥ kīṭā ye'pi ca syuḥ pipīlikāḥ || 33 ||

The English translation of Verse 4.33 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 (4.33). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Aranya, Carin, Shreshtha, Simha, Shaurya, Baladi, Suparna, Bhujaga, Kita, Yah, Yat, Api, Pipilika,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 4.33). 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: “araṇyacāriṣu śreṣṭhaḥ siṃhaḥ śauryabalādibhiḥ
  • araṇya -
  • araṇya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    araṇya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • cāriṣu -
  • cārin (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    cārin (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • śreṣṭhaḥ -
  • śreṣṭha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • siṃhaḥ -
  • siṃha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • śaurya -
  • śaurya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • balādibhiḥ -
  • balādi (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    balādi (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental plural]
    balādi (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • Line 2: “suparṇā bhujagāḥ kīṭā ye'pi ca syuḥ pipīlikāḥ
  • suparṇā* -
  • suparṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    suparṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • bhujagāḥ -
  • bhujaga (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    bhujagā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • kīṭā* -
  • kīṭa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • ye' -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • syuḥ -
  • as (verb class 2)
    [optative active third plural]
  • pipīlikāḥ -
  • pipīlika (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    pipīlikā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 4.33

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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