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).

ज्येष्ठो हस्तः स विद्वद्भिः प्रोक्तः प्राशयसंज्ञितः ।
यः पुनः कल्पितः सप्तयवकॢप्तैरिहाङ्गुलैः ॥ २९ ॥

jyeṣṭho hastaḥ sa vidvadbhiḥ proktaḥ prāśayasaṃjñitaḥ |
yaḥ punaḥ kalpitaḥ saptayavakḷptairihāṅgulaiḥ || 29 ||

The English translation of Verse 9.29 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 (9.29). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Jyeshtha, Hasta, Vidvas, Prokta, Prasha, Asanjnin, Tas, Yah, Puna, Kalpita, Sapta, Saptan, Yava, Klipta, Iha, Angula,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 9.29). 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: “jyeṣṭho hastaḥ sa vidvadbhiḥ proktaḥ prāśayasaṃjñitaḥ
  • jyeṣṭho* -
  • jyeṣṭha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • hastaḥ -
  • hasta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • vidvadbhiḥ -
  • vidvas (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    vidvas (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
    vid -> vidvas (participle, masculine)
    [instrumental plural from √vid class 2 verb]
    vid -> vidvas (participle, neuter)
    [instrumental plural from √vid class 2 verb]
  • proktaḥ -
  • prokta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • prāśa -
  • prāśa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ya -
  • i (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ī (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    e (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
  • asañjñi -
  • asañjñin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    asañjñin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • taḥ -
  • tas (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “yaḥ punaḥ kalpitaḥ saptayavakḷptairihāṅgulaiḥ
  • yaḥ -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • punaḥ -
  • pu (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    puna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • kalpitaḥ -
  • kalpita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    kḷp -> kalpita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √kḷp]
  • sapta -
  • sapta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sapta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    saptan (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    saptan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sap -> sapta (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √sap class 1 verb]
    sap -> sapta (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √sap class 1 verb]
  • yava -
  • yava (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yava (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yavan (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
  • kḷptair -
  • kḷpta (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    kḷpta (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
    kḷp -> kḷpta (participle, masculine)
    [instrumental plural from √kḷp class 1 verb]
    kḷp -> kḷpta (participle, neuter)
    [instrumental plural from √kḷp class 1 verb]
  • ihā -
  • iha (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • aṅgulaiḥ -
  • aṅgula (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 9.29

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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