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).

मुख्यानि तेषु चत्वारि कथ्यन्ते तानि नामतः ।
हिरण्यनाभं सुक्षेत्रं चुल्ली पक्षघ्नमेव च ॥ २ ॥

mukhyāni teṣu catvāri kathyante tāni nāmataḥ |
hiraṇyanābhaṃ sukṣetraṃ cullī pakṣaghnameva ca || 2 ||

The English translation of Verse 21.2 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 (21.2). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Mukhya, Tad, Catu, Ari, Arin, Tani, Namatah, Hiranyanabha, Sukshetra, Culli, Pakshaghna, Eva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 21.2). 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: “mukhyāni teṣu catvāri kathyante tāni nāmataḥ
  • mukhyāni -
  • mukhya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • teṣu -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
  • catvā -
  • catu (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • ari -
  • ari (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ari (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ari (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    arin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • kathyante -
  • kath (verb class 10)
    [present passive third plural]
  • tāni -
  • tānī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    tānī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    tānī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
  • nāmataḥ -
  • nāmataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • Line 2: “hiraṇyanābhaṃ sukṣetraṃ cullī pakṣaghnameva ca
  • hiraṇyanābham -
  • hiraṇyanābha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    hiraṇyanābha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • sukṣetram -
  • sukṣetra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sukṣetra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sukṣetrā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • cullī -
  • cullī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    culli (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • pakṣaghnam -
  • pakṣaghna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 21.2

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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