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).

स्वस्ति विप्रान् वाचयित्वा वास्तुदेवान् समर्च्य च ।
करप्रमाणं कुर्वीत खातं तद्भूमिमध्यगम् ॥ ६७ ॥

svasti viprān vācayitvā vāstudevān samarcya ca |
karapramāṇaṃ kurvīta khātaṃ tadbhūmimadhyagam || 67 ||

The English translation of Verse 8.67 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 (8.67). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Svasti, Vipra, Vacayitva, Vastudeva, Sama, Kara, Pramana, Khata, Tad, Tat, Bhumimadhya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.67). 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: “svasti viprān vācayitvā vāstudevān samarcya ca
  • svasti -
  • svasti (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    svasti (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    svasti (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    svastī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    svastī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    svastī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • viprān -
  • vipra (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • vācayitvā* -
  • vācayitvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • vāstudevān -
  • vāstudeva (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • samar -
  • sama (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sama (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    samā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    sam (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • ṛcya -
  • ṛc -> ṛcya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √ṛc]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “karapramāṇaṃ kurvīta khātaṃ tadbhūmimadhyagam
  • kara -
  • kara (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kara (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kṛ (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • pramāṇam -
  • pramāṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pramāṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • kurvīta -
  • kṛ (verb class 8)
    [optative middle third single]
  • khātam -
  • khāta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    khāta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    khātā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    khan -> khāta (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √khan class 1 verb]
    khan -> khāta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √khan class 1 verb], [accusative single from √khan class 1 verb]
  • tad -
  • tad (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • bhūmimadhya -
  • bhūmimadhya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bhūmimadhya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • gam -
  • ga (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ga (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 8.67

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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