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).

छन्दतो गुणतो रूपादशुभानि शुभानि च ।
हितार्थाय नरेन्द्रा णां वर्णिनां लिङ्गिनामपि ॥ ६ ॥

chandato guṇato rūpādaśubhāni śubhāni ca |
hitārthāya narendrā ṇāṃ varṇināṃ liṅgināmapi || 6 ||

The English translation of Verse 22.6 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 (22.6). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Chandatah, Gunatah, Rupa, Ashubha, Shubha, Hita, Artha, Varnin, Lingin, Api,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 22.6). 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: “chandato guṇato rūpādaśubhāni śubhāni ca
  • chandato* -
  • chandataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    chand (verb class 1)
    [present active third dual]
  • guṇato* -
  • guṇataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • rūpād -
  • rūpa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    rūpa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • aśubhāni -
  • aśubha (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • śubhāni -
  • śubha (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    śubh (verb class 6)
    [imperative active first single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “hitārthāya narendrā ṇāṃ varṇināṃ liṅgināmapi
  • hitā -
  • hita (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    hita (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    hitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    hi -> hita (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √hi class 5 verb]
    hi -> hita (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √hi class 5 verb]
    hi -> hitā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √hi class 5 verb]
  • arthāya -
  • artha (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    artha (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
  • narendrā -
  • ṇā -
  • ṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • am -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    e (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • varṇinām -
  • varṇin (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    varṇin (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
  • liṅginām -
  • liṅgin (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    liṅgin (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    api (Preverb)
    [Preverb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 22.6

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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