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).

क्षेत्रालाभे तु तत्रैव ग्राह्यः स स्यादिहाङ्गुलैः ।
अङ्गुलैस्तु मिते क्षेत्रे सोऽङ्गुलैस्तदलाभतः ॥ १५ ॥

kṣetrālābhe tu tatraiva grāhyaḥ sa syādihāṅgulaiḥ |
aṅgulaistu mite kṣetre so'ṅgulaistadalābhataḥ || 15 ||

The English translation of Verse 26.15 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 (26.15). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kshetra, Alabha, Tatraiva, Grahi, Grahya, Syat, Sya, Iha, Angula, Mit, Mita, Miti, Sah, Tada, Labha, Tas,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 26.15). 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: “kṣetrālābhe tu tatraiva grāhyaḥ sa syādihāṅgulaiḥ
  • kṣetrā -
  • kṣetra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • alābhe -
  • alābha (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • tatraiva -
  • tatraiva (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
  • grāhyaḥ -
  • grāhī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    grāhya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    grah -> grāhya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √grah class 9 verb], [nominative single from √grah]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • syād -
  • syāt (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    syāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [optative active third single]
  • ihā -
  • iha (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • aṅgulaiḥ -
  • aṅgula (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • Line 2: “aṅgulaistu mite kṣetre so'ṅgulaistadalābhataḥ
  • aṅgulais -
  • aṅgula (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • mite -
  • mit (noun, feminine)
    [dative single]
    mita (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    mita (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    mitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    miti (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    -> mita (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √ class 2 verb], [locative single from √ class 3 verb], [locative single from √ class 4 verb]
    -> mita (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √ class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √ class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √ class 2 verb], [locative single from √ class 2 verb], [nominative dual from √ class 3 verb], [vocative dual from √ class 3 verb], [accusative dual from √ class 3 verb], [locative single from √ class 3 verb], [nominative dual from √ class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √ class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √ class 4 verb], [locative single from √ class 4 verb]
    -> mitā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative dual from √ class 2 verb], [vocative single from √ class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √ class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √ class 2 verb], [nominative dual from √ class 3 verb], [vocative single from √ class 3 verb], [vocative dual from √ class 3 verb], [accusative dual from √ class 3 verb], [nominative dual from √ class 4 verb], [vocative single from √ class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √ class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √ class 4 verb]
    mi -> mita (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √mi class 5 verb]
    mi -> mita (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √mi class 5 verb], [vocative dual from √mi class 5 verb], [accusative dual from √mi class 5 verb], [locative single from √mi class 5 verb]
    mi -> mitā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative dual from √mi class 5 verb], [vocative single from √mi class 5 verb], [vocative dual from √mi class 5 verb], [accusative dual from √mi class 5 verb]
  • kṣetre -
  • kṣetra (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • so' -
  • saḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    so (noun, feminine)
    [compound]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • aṅgulais -
  • aṅgula (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • tada -
  • tada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • lābha -
  • lābha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • taḥ -
  • tas (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 26.15

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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