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).

ततः प्रभृति यन्त्रस्य वामवेधो नतो भवेत् ।
पूर्वापरं च निम्नं स्यादेष यन्त्रविधिः स्मृतः ॥ २०९ ॥

tataḥ prabhṛti yantrasya vāmavedho nato bhavet |
pūrvāparaṃ ca nimnaṃ syādeṣa yantravidhiḥ smṛtaḥ || 209 ||

The English translation of Verse 17.209 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 (17.209). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatah, Tad, Tata, Yantra, Vama, Vedha, Vedhas, Nat, Nata, Purvapara, Nimna, Syat, Sya, Esha, Yantravidhi, Smrita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 17.209). 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: “tataḥ prabhṛti yantrasya vāmavedho nato bhavet
  • 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]
  • prabhṛti -
  • prabhṛti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • yantrasya -
  • yantra (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • vāma -
  • vāma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vāma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (verb class 2)
    [imperative active first plural]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active first plural]
  • vedho* -
  • vedhas (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vedhas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    vedha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • nato* -
  • nat (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    nat (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    nata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    nam -> nata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √nam class 1 verb]
  • bhavet -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 2: “pūrvāparaṃ ca nimnaṃ syādeṣa yantravidhiḥ smṛtaḥ
  • pūrvāparam -
  • pūrvāpara (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pūrvāpara (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    pūrvāparā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • nimnam -
  • nimna (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    nimna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    nimnā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • syād -
  • syāt (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    syāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [optative active third single]
  • eṣa -
  • eṣa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eṣa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    eṣ (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single], [perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
    iṣ (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • yantravidhiḥ -
  • yantravidhi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • smṛtaḥ -
  • smṛta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    smṛ -> smṛta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 17.209

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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