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).

भागं त्रिभिर्हरेत्तत्र यच्छेषं सॐऽशको भवेत् ।
चतुरङ्गो यथा मन्त्रो मुख्यो लग्ने नवांशकः ॥ ३८ ॥

bhāgaṃ tribhirharettatra yaccheṣaṃ saoṃ'śako bhavet |
caturaṅgo yathā mantro mukhyo lagne navāṃśakaḥ || 38 ||

The English translation of Verse 26.38 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 (26.38). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bhaga, Tri, Tatra, Ish, Isha, Caturanga, Yatha, Mantra, Mukhya, Lagna, Navamshaka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 26.38). 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: “bhāgaṃ tribhirharettatra yaccheṣaṃ saoṃ'śako bhavet
  • bhāgam -
  • bhāga (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    bhāga (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    bhāgā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • tribhir -
  • tri (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • haret -
  • hṛ (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • tatra -
  • tatra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tatra (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • yacche -
  • yam (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • iṣam -
  • iṣa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    iṣa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    iṣā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    iṣan (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
    iṣ (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    iṣ (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • Cannot analyse saoṃ'śako*bh
  • bhavet -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 2: “caturaṅgo yathā mantro mukhyo lagne navāṃśakaḥ
  • caturaṅgo* -
  • caturaṅga (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • yathā -
  • yathā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    yathā (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • mantro* -
  • mantra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • mukhyo* -
  • mukhya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • lagne -
  • lagna (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    lagna (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    lagnā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    lag -> lagna (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √lag class 1 verb]
    lag -> lagna (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √lag class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √lag class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √lag class 1 verb], [locative single from √lag class 1 verb]
    lag -> lagnā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative dual from √lag class 1 verb], [vocative single from √lag class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √lag class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √lag class 1 verb]
  • navāṃśakaḥ -
  • navāṃśaka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 26.38

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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