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).

चक्री बलाका हंसी वा यदि केतौ निलीयते ।
तदा नरपतिर्भार्यामवाप्नोत्यतिसुन्दरीम् ॥ १७८ ॥

cakrī balākā haṃsī vā yadi ketau nilīyate |
tadā narapatirbhāryāmavāpnotyatisundarīm || 178 ||

The English translation of Verse 17.178 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 (17.178). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Cakri, Cakrin, Balaka, Hamsi, Hamsin, Var, Yadi, Yad, Keta, Ketu, Niliya, Tad, Yushmad, Tada, Narapati, Bharya, Ava, Atisundari,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 17.178). 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: “cakrī balākā haṃsī yadi ketau nilīyate
  • cakrī -
  • cakrī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    cakri (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    cakri (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    cakrin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • balākā* -
  • balāka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    balākā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • haṃsī -
  • haṃsī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    haṃsin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • vā* -
  • vār (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    vār (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    va (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • yadi -
  • yadi (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    yadi (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yadi (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    yad (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • ketau -
  • keta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ketu (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • nilīya -
  • nilīya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nilīya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 2: “tadā narapatirbhāryāmavāpnotyatisundarīm
  • tadā* -
  • tadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    tada (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • narapatir -
  • narapati (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bhāryām -
  • bhāryā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    bhṛ -> bhāryā (participle, feminine)
    [accusative single from √bhṛ]
  • avā -
  • ava (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    o (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [instrumental single]
    u (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    av (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
    u (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
    ava (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
    avā (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • āpnotya -
  • āp (verb class 5)
    [present active third single]
  • atisundarīm -
  • atisundarī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 17.178

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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