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).

निर्गताश्चोच्छ्रिताश्चैव प्राकारस्यान्तरान्तरा ।
उपकार्या इति प्रोक्ताः क्षेमाश्चाट्टालका मताः ॥ ५३ ॥

nirgatāścocchritāścaiva prākārasyāntarāntarā |
upakāryā iti proktāḥ kṣemāścāṭṭālakā matāḥ || 53 ||

The English translation of Verse 18.53 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 (18.53). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nirgata, Ucchrita, Prakara, Antara, Tara, Upakari, Upakarya, Iti, Prokta, Kshema, Tala, Mata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 18.53). 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: “nirgatāścocchritāścaiva prākārasyāntarāntarā
  • nirgatāś -
  • nirgata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    nirgatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • co -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ucchritāś -
  • ucchrita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    ucchritā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • cai -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • prākārasyā -
  • prākāra (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
  • antarān -
  • antara (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • tarā -
  • tarā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “upakāryā iti proktāḥ kṣemāścāṭṭālakā matāḥ
  • upakāryā* -
  • upakārī (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    upakārya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    upakāryā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • proktāḥ -
  • prokta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    proktā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • kṣemāś -
  • kṣema (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    kṣemā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • cāṭ -
  • ca (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • ṭāla -
  • ṭāla (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ṭāla (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kā* -
  • kās (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
  • matāḥ -
  • mata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    matā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    man -> mata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √man class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √man class 4 verb], [nominative plural from √man class 8 verb], [vocative plural from √man class 8 verb]
    man -> matā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √man class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √man class 4 verb], [accusative plural from √man class 4 verb], [nominative plural from √man class 8 verb], [vocative plural from √man class 8 verb], [accusative plural from √man class 8 verb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 18.53

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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