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).

गजे भद्रा णि दृश्यन्ते ध्वाङ्क्षे तु मरणं ध्रुवम् ।
वृषस्थाने गजं कुर्यात्सिंहं वृषभहस्तिनोः ॥ २२ ॥

gaje bhadrā ṇi dṛśyante dhvāṅkṣe tu maraṇaṃ dhruvam |
vṛṣasthāne gajaṃ kuryātsiṃhaṃ vṛṣabhahastinoḥ || 22 ||

The English translation of Verse 26.22 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 (26.22). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Gaja, Bhadra, Dhvanksha, Marana, Dhruvam, Dhruva, Vrishasthana, Simha, Vrishabha, Hastin, Hasti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 26.22). 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: “gaje bhadrā ṇi dṛśyante dhvāṅkṣe tu maraṇaṃ dhruvam
  • gaje -
  • gaja (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    gajā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • bhadrā -
  • bhadrā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Cannot analyse ṇi*dṛ
  • dṛśyante -
  • dṛś (verb class 1)
    [present passive third plural]
  • dhvāṅkṣe -
  • dhvāṅkṣa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    dhvāṅkṣā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    dhvāṅkṣ (verb class 1)
    [present middle first single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • maraṇam -
  • maraṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • dhruvam -
  • dhruvam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    dhruva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dhruva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    dhruvā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “vṛṣasthāne gajaṃ kuryātsiṃhaṃ vṛṣabhahastinoḥ
  • vṛṣasthāne -
  • vṛṣasthāna (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    vṛṣasthāna (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • gajam -
  • gaja (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    gajā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • kuryāt -
  • kṛ (verb class 8)
    [optative active third single]
  • siṃham -
  • siṃha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    siṃhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • vṛṣabha -
  • vṛṣabha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vṛṣabha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • hastinoḥ -
  • hastin (noun, masculine)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
    hastin (noun, neuter)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
    hastī (noun, neuter)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 26.22

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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