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).

तेन मात्राशयः स स्याद्धस्तो यः षड्यवाङ्गुलः ।
विभागायामविस्ताराः खेटग्रामपुरादिषु ॥ ३१ ॥

tena mātrāśayaḥ sa syāddhasto yaḥ ṣaḍyavāṅgulaḥ |
vibhāgāyāmavistārāḥ kheṭagrāmapurādiṣu || 31 ||

The English translation of Verse 9.31 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 (9.31). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tad, Tena, Matri, Matra, Ashaya, Ashi, Syat, Sya, Hasta, Yah, Shadi, Avac, Avanc, Gula, Vibhaga, Ama, Vistara, Kheta, Grama, Pura,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 9.31). 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: “tena mātrāśayaḥ sa syāddhasto yaḥ ṣaḍyavāṅgulaḥ
  • tena -
  • tena (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ta (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    tan (verb class 8)
    [perfect active second plural]
    tan (verb class 4)
    [perfect active second plural]
    tan (verb class 1)
    [perfect active second plural]
  • mātrā -
  • mātṛ (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [instrumental single]
    mātra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    mātra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    mātṛ (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [instrumental single]
    mātrā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • āśayaḥ -
  • āśaya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    āśi (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • syāddh -
  • syāt (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    syāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [optative active third single]
  • hasto* -
  • hasta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • yaḥ -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ṣaḍya -
  • ṣaḍi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ṣaḍi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ṣaḍi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • avāṅ -
  • avāc (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    avāñc (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    avāñc (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • gulaḥ -
  • gula (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “vibhāgāyāmavistārāḥ kheṭagrāmapurādiṣu
  • vibhāgāyā -
  • vibhāga (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
  • ama -
  • ama (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ama (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vistārāḥ -
  • vistāra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • kheṭa -
  • kheṭa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kheṭa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    khiṭ (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • grāma -
  • grāma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    grāma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • purād -
  • pura (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    pura (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • iṣu -
  • iṣu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    i (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 9.31

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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