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).

अर्ध भागिकभित्त्या च चतुष्को वेष्टितो भवेत् ।
प्रासादोऽयं मनोहारी भवेदवनिशेखरः ॥ ७४ ॥

ardha bhāgikabhittyā ca catuṣko veṣṭito bhavet |
prāsādo'yaṃ manohārī bhavedavaniśekharaḥ || 74 ||

The English translation of Verse 30.74 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 (30.74). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ardha, Bhagika, Bhitti, Catushka, Veshtita, Prasada, Aya, Idam, Manohari, Manoharin, Avani, Shekhara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 30.74). 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: “ardha bhāgikabhittyā ca catuṣko veṣṭito bhavet
  • ardha -
  • ardha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ardha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bhāgika -
  • bhāgika (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bhāgika (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bhittyā -
  • bhitti (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • catuṣko* -
  • catuṣka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • veṣṭito* -
  • veṣṭita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    veṣṭ -> veṣṭita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √veṣṭ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √veṣṭ]
  • bhavet -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 2: “prāsādo'yaṃ manohārī bhavedavaniśekharaḥ
  • prāsādo' -
  • prāsāda (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ayam -
  • aya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    idam (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • manohārī -
  • manohārī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    manohārin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bhaved -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • avani -
  • avanī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    avani (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • śekharaḥ -
  • śekhara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 30.74

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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