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).

दक्षिणाभिमुखं वेश्म द्वारं चास्य गृहक्षतम् ।
महिषी च भवेच्छाला तद्गृहं नन्दपीठकम् ॥ ३७ ॥

dakṣiṇābhimukhaṃ veśma dvāraṃ cāsya gṛhakṣatam |
mahiṣī ca bhavecchālā tadgṛhaṃ nandapīṭhakam || 37 ||

The English translation of Verse 24.37 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 (24.37). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dakshinabhimukha, Veshman, Dvara, Idam, Grihakshata, Mahishi, Shala, Tad, Tat, Grih, Nanda, Pithaka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 24.37). 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: “dakṣiṇābhimukhaṃ veśma dvāraṃ cāsya gṛhakṣatam
  • dakṣiṇābhimukham -
  • dakṣiṇābhimukha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dakṣiṇābhimukha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    dakṣiṇābhimukhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • veśma -
  • veśman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • dvāram -
  • dvāra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dvāra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • asya -
  • as -> asya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √as]
    a (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    idam (pronoun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    idam (pronoun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    as (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single]
  • gṛhakṣatam -
  • gṛhakṣata (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “mahiṣī ca bhavecchālā tadgṛhaṃ nandapīṭhakam
  • mahiṣī -
  • mahiṣī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    mahiṣi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bhavecch -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • śālā -
  • śālā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • tad -
  • tad (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • gṛham -
  • gṛha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    gṛhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    gṛh (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • nanda -
  • nanda (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nanda (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nand (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • pīṭhakam -
  • pīṭhaka (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 24.37

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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