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).

अलक्षाता निर्वहणं लघुत्वं शब्दहीनता ।
शब्दे साध्ये तदाधिक्यमशैथिल्यमगाढता ॥ ४६ ॥

alakṣātā nirvahaṇaṃ laghutvaṃ śabdahīnatā |
śabde sādhye tadādhikyamaśaithilyamagāḍhatā || 46 ||

The English translation of Verse 31.46 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 (31.46). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Alaksha, Nirvahana, Laghutva, Shabdahina, Tan, Shabda, Sadhya, Tada, Adhikya, Ashan, Gadhata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 31.46). 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: “alakṣātā nirvahaṇaṃ laghutvaṃ śabdahīnatā
  • alakṣāt -
  • alakṣa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    alakṣa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • ā* -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    ā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    o (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • nirvahaṇam -
  • nirvahaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • laghutvam -
  • laghutva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • śabdahīna -
  • śabdahīna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    tan (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “śabde sādhye tadādhikyamaśaithilyamagāḍhatā
  • śabde -
  • śabda (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • sādhye -
  • sādhya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    sādhya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    sādhyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    sādh -> sādhya (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √sādh class 1 verb], [locative single from √sādh class 4 verb], [locative single from √sādh class 5 verb]
    sādh -> sādhya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √sādh class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √sādh class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √sādh class 1 verb], [locative single from √sādh class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √sādh class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √sādh class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √sādh class 4 verb], [locative single from √sādh class 4 verb], [nominative dual from √sādh class 5 verb], [vocative dual from √sādh class 5 verb], [accusative dual from √sādh class 5 verb], [locative single from √sādh class 5 verb]
    sādh -> sādhyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative dual from √sādh class 1 verb], [vocative single from √sādh class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √sādh class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √sādh class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √sādh class 4 verb], [vocative single from √sādh class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √sādh class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √sādh class 4 verb], [nominative dual from √sādh class 5 verb], [vocative single from √sādh class 5 verb], [vocative dual from √sādh class 5 verb], [accusative dual from √sādh class 5 verb]
    sidh -> sādhya (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √sidh]
    sidh -> sādhya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √sidh], [vocative dual from √sidh], [accusative dual from √sidh], [locative single from √sidh]
    sidh -> sādhyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative dual from √sidh], [vocative single from √sidh], [vocative dual from √sidh], [accusative dual from √sidh]
    sādh (verb class 1)
    [present passive first single]
    sādh (verb class 4)
    [present middle first single], [present passive first single]
    sādh (verb class 5)
    [present passive first single]
    sidh (verb class 0)
    [present passive first single]
  • tadā -
  • tadā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tadā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ādhikyam -
  • ādhikya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • aśai -
  • aśan (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
  • ait -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active third single]
  • hilya -
  • hil -> hilya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √hil]
  • ma -
  • ma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • gāḍhatā -
  • gāḍhatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 31.46

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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