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).

वास्तुयज्ञामरस्थानाद्यारामोद्यानसंभृताः ।
तटाकवापीस्थानैश्च याः समन्तादलङ्कृताः ॥ ४२ ॥

vāstuyajñāmarasthānādyārāmodyānasaṃbhṛtāḥ |
taṭākavāpīsthānaiśca yāḥ samantādalaṅkṛtāḥ || 42 ||

The English translation of Verse 8.42 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 (8.42). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vastuyajna, Amara, Tha, Adi, Adya, Arama, Udyana, Sambhrita, Tataka, Vapi, Samantat, Samanta, Alankrita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.42). 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: “vāstuyajñāmarasthānādyārāmodyānasaṃbhṛtāḥ
  • vāstuyajñā -
  • vāstuyajña (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vāstuyajña (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • amaras -
  • amara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    mṛ (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active second single]
  • thān -
  • tha (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • ādyā -
  • ādya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ādya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ad -> ādya (participle, masculine)
    [compound from √ad]
    ad -> ādya (participle, neuter)
    [compound from √ad]
    ad -> ādya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √ad]
    ādi (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    ādyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    ad -> ādya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √ad]
    ad -> ādya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √ad]
    ad -> ādyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √ad]
  • arāmo -
  • arāma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    arāma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first plural]
  • udyāna -
  • udyāna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sambhṛtāḥ -
  • sambhṛta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    sambhṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “taṭākavāpīsthānaiśca yāḥ samantādalaṅkṛtāḥ
  • taṭāka -
  • taṭāka (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vāpīs -
  • vāpi (noun, feminine)
    [accusative plural]
    vāpī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative plural]
  • thān -
  • tha (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • aiś -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active second single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • yāḥ -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
  • samantād -
  • samantāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    samanta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    samanta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • alaṅkṛtāḥ -
  • alaṅkṛta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    alaṅkṛtā (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 8.42

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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