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).

दुष्प्रधृष्यैव या नित्यं विषमत्वादरातिभिः ।
विषमाद्रि सरिद्गुप्ता सा सुरक्षेति भूः स्मृता ॥ २५ ॥

duṣpradhṛṣyaiva yā nityaṃ viṣamatvādarātibhiḥ |
viṣamādri saridguptā sā surakṣeti bhūḥ smṛtā || 25 ||

The English translation of Verse 8.25 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 (8.25). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dushpradhrishya, Nityam, Nitya, Vishamatva, Arati, Vishama, Sarit, Gupta, Suraksha, Iti, Bhu, Smrita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.25). 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: “duṣpradhṛṣyaiva nityaṃ viṣamatvādarātibhiḥ
  • duṣpradhṛṣyai -
  • duṣpradhṛṣya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    duṣpradhṛṣya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    duṣpradhṛṣyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • yā* -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
  • nityam -
  • nityam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    nitya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    nitya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    nityā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • viṣamatvād -
  • viṣamatva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • arātibhiḥ -
  • arāti (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental plural]
    arāti (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • Line 2: “viṣamādri saridguptā surakṣeti bhūḥ smṛtā
  • viṣamād -
  • viṣama (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    viṣama (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • ri -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    rai (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
  • sarid -
  • sarit (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • guptā -
  • guptā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    gup -> guptā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √gup class 4 verb]
  • -
  • (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • surakṣe -
  • surakṣa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • bhūḥ -
  • bhu (noun, feminine)
    [accusative plural]
    bhū (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
    bhū (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
    bhū (verb class 1)
    [injunctive active second single]
  • smṛtā -
  • smṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    smṛ -> smṛtā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 8.25

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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