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).

पूषाख्यो वितथाख्यश्च गृहक्षतयमावथ ।
गन्धर्वो भृङ्गराजश्च मृगः पितृगणस्ततः ॥ ८ ॥

pūṣākhyo vitathākhyaśca gṛhakṣatayamāvatha |
gandharvo bhṛṅgarājaśca mṛgaḥ pitṛgaṇastataḥ || 8 ||

The English translation of Verse 11.8 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 (11.8). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pusha, Pushan, Vitatha, Grihakshata, Yama, Atha, Gandharva, Bhringaraja, Mriga, Mrigas, Pitrigana, Tatah, Tad, Tata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 11.8). 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: “pūṣākhyo vitathākhyaśca gṛhakṣatayamāvatha
  • pūṣā -
  • pūṣa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pūṣan (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    pūṣā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    pūṣ (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • akhyo* -
  • khyā (verb class 2)
    [aorist active second single]
  • vitathā -
  • vitatha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vitatha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vitathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • akhyaś -
  • khyā (verb class 2)
    [aorist active second single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • gṛhakṣata -
  • gṛhakṣata (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • yamāva -
  • yama (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • atha -
  • atha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • Line 2: “gandharvo bhṛṅgarājaśca mṛgaḥ pitṛgaṇastataḥ
  • gandharvo* -
  • gandharvas (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
    gandharva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bhṛṅgarājaś -
  • bhṛṅgarāja (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • mṛgaḥ -
  • mṛgas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    mṛga (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • pitṛgaṇas -
  • pitṛgaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tataḥ -
  • tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    tata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    tan -> tata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 11.8

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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