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).

समराङ्गणसूत्रधार अध्यायसूची ।
अथ नाड्यादिसिरादिविकल्पो नाम द्वादशोऽध्यायः ।
अथाभिधीयते वास्तुः कनीयान् षोडशास्पदः ।
पदैः षोडशभिः स स्यात् तत्र देवान् प्रचक्ष्महे ॥ १ ॥

samarāṅgaṇasūtradhāra adhyāyasūcī |
atha nāḍyādisirādivikalpo nāma dvādaśo'dhyāyaḥ |
athābhidhīyate vāstuḥ kanīyān ṣoḍaśāspadaḥ |
padaiḥ ṣoḍaśabhiḥ sa syāt tatra devān pracakṣmahe || 1 ||

The English translation of Verse 12.1 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:

Buy now! English translation by Sudarshan Kumar Sharma (2007)

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (12.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Samaranganasutradhara, Adhyaya, Suci, Sucin, Atha, Nadi, Adi, Adin, Sira, Div, Divi, Kalpa, Naman, Dvadasha, Abhi, Vastu, Kaniyas, Pada, Shodashan, Syat, Sya, Tatra, Deva, Pra,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 12.1). 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: “samarāṅgaṇasūtradhāra adhyāyasūcī
  • samarāṅgaṇasūtradhāra -
  • samarāṅgaṇasūtradhāra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    samarāṅgaṇasūtradhāra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • adhyāya -
  • adhyāya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sūcī -
  • sūcī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    sūcī (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    sūci (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    sūci (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    sūcin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “atha nāḍyādisirādivikalpo nāma dvādaśo'dhyāyaḥ
  • atha -
  • atha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • nāḍyā -
  • nāḍi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]
    nāḍi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    nāḍī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [instrumental single]
  • ādi -
  • ādi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ādi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ādi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ādin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ādin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • sirā -
  • sirā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • divi -
  • divi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    divī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    div (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • kalpo* -
  • kalpa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • nāma -
  • nāman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • dvādaśo' -
  • dvādaśa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • adhyāyaḥ -
  • adhyāya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    dhyā (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active second single]
  • Line 3: “athābhidhīyate vāstuḥ kanīyān ṣoḍaśāspadaḥ
  • athā -
  • athā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    atha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • abhi -
  • abhi (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    abhi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    abhi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    abhi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    abhī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    abhī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    abhī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    abhi (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • dhīyate -
  • dhā (verb class 1)
    [present passive third single]
    dhā (verb class 2)
    [present passive third single]
    dhā (verb class 3)
    [present passive third single]
    dhā (verb class 4)
    [present passive third single]
    dhe (verb class 1)
    [present passive third single]
    dhi (verb class 5)
    [present passive third single]
    dhi (verb class 6)
    [present passive third single]
    dhī (verb class 4)
    [present middle third single], [present passive third single]
    dhī (verb class 3)
    [present passive third single]
    dhyā (verb class 1)
    [present passive third single]
    dhyā (verb class 2)
    [present passive third single]
  • vāstuḥ -
  • vāstu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • kanīyān -
  • kanīyas (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Cannot analyse ṣoḍaśāspadaḥ
  • Line 4: “padaiḥ ṣoḍaśabhiḥ sa syāt tatra devān pracakṣmahe
  • padaiḥ -
  • pada (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • ṣoḍaśabhiḥ -
  • ṣoḍaśan (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    ṣoḍaśan (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • syāt -
  • syāt (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    syāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [optative active third single]
  • tatra -
  • tatra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tatra (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • devān -
  • deva (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • pra -
  • pra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pra (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • cakṣmahe -
  • cakṣ (verb class 2)
    [present middle first plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 12.1

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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