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).

ध्वजायतिचतुर्भागात्पीठमत्र प्रकल्पयेत् ।
मल्लप्रतिष्ठितं मध्ये प्रान्तयोः स्तम्भधारितम् ॥ २९ ॥

dhvajāyaticaturbhāgātpīṭhamatra prakalpayet |
mallapratiṣṭhitaṃ madhye prāntayoḥ stambhadhāritam || 29 ||

The English translation of Verse 17.29 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 (17.29). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dhvaja, Ayat, Caturbhaga, Pitha, Atra, Pra, Malla, Pratishthita, Madhye, Madhya, Pranta, Stambha, Dharita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 17.29). 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: “dhvajāyaticaturbhāgātpīṭhamatra prakalpayet
  • dhvajā -
  • dhvaja (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dhvajā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    dhvaj (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • ayati -
  • ayati (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ayat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ayat (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • caturbhāgāt -
  • caturbhāga (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    caturbhāga (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • pīṭham -
  • pīṭha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pīṭha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • atra -
  • atra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    atra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    atra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pra -
  • pra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pra (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • kalpayet -
  • kḷp (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 2: “mallapratiṣṭhitaṃ madhye prāntayoḥ stambhadhāritam
  • malla -
  • malla (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    malla (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    mall (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • pratiṣṭhitam -
  • pratiṣṭhita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pratiṣṭhita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    pratiṣṭhitā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • madhye -
  • madhye (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    madhya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    madhya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    madhyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • prāntayoḥ -
  • prānta (noun, masculine)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
    prānta (noun, neuter)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
  • stambha -
  • stambha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    stambh (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • dhāritam -
  • dhārita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dhārita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    dhāritā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    dhṛ -> dhārita (participle, masculine)
    [adverb from √dhṛ]
    dhṛ -> dhārita (participle, neuter)
    [adverb from √dhṛ]
    dhṛ -> dhāritā (participle, feminine)
    [adverb from √dhṛ]
    dhṛ -> dhārita (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √dhṛ]
    dhṛ -> dhārita (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √dhṛ], [accusative single from √dhṛ]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 17.29

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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