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).

प्रागीशानप्लवा सर्वप्लवा वा दर्पणोदरा ।
शुभेऽह्न्युपोषितः स्नातः शुचिः शुक्लस्रगम्बरः ॥ ६६ ॥

prāgīśānaplavā sarvaplavā vā darpaṇodarā |
śubhe'hnyupoṣitaḥ snātaḥ śuciḥ śuklasragambaraḥ || 66 ||

The English translation of Verse 8.66 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 (8.66). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Prak, Ishana, Plava, Saru, Sarva, Aplava, Var, Darpana, Dara, Shubha, Shubh, Ahan, Uposhita, Snata, Snat, Shuci, Shukla, Sraj, Ambara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.66). 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: “prāgīśānaplavā sarvaplavā darpaṇodarā
  • prāg -
  • prāk (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • īśāna -
  • īśāna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    īśāna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    īś -> īśāna (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √īś class 2 verb]
    īś -> īśāna (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √īś class 2 verb]
  • plavā -
  • plavā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • sarva -
  • saru (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    saru (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    saru (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    sarva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sarva (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • aplavā* -
  • aplava (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    aplavā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • vā* -
  • vār (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    vār (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    va (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • darpaṇo -
  • darpaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • darā -
  • darā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “śubhe'hnyupoṣitaḥ snātaḥ śuciḥ śuklasragambaraḥ
  • śubhe' -
  • śubha (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    śubha (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    śubhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    śubh (noun, feminine)
    [dative single]
    śubh (verb class 6)
    [present middle first single]
  • ahnyu -
  • ahan (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • upoṣitaḥ -
  • upoṣita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • snātaḥ -
  • snāta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    snā -> snāta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √snā class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √snā class 2 verb], [ablative single from √snā class 2 verb], [genitive single from √snā class 2 verb], [nominative single from √snā class 4 verb]
    snā -> snāt (participle, neuter)
    [ablative single from √snā class 2 verb], [genitive single from √snā class 2 verb]
    snā (verb class 2)
    [present active third dual]
  • śuciḥ -
  • śuci (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    śuci (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • śukla -
  • śukla (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śukla (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • srag -
  • sraj (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    sraj (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • ambaraḥ -
  • ambara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 8.66

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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