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).

सुश्लिष्टत्वमलक्षत्वं यन्त्राणां परमो गुणः ।
अथ कर्माणि यन्त्राणां विचित्राणि यथाविधि ॥ ५० ॥

suśliṣṭatvamalakṣatvaṃ yantrāṇāṃ paramo guṇaḥ |
atha karmāṇi yantrāṇāṃ vicitrāṇi yathāvidhi || 50 ||

The English translation of Verse 31.50 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 (31.50). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sushlishta, Tva, Yushmad, Yantra, Parama, Guna, Atha, Karman, Vicitra, Yathavidhi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 31.50). 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: “suśliṣṭatvamalakṣatvaṃ yantrāṇāṃ paramo guṇaḥ
  • suśliṣṭa -
  • suśliṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    suśliṣṭa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tvam -
  • tva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    tva (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [nominative single]
  • alakṣat -
  • lakṣ (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active third single]
  • vam -
  • va (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    va (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    ve (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • yantrāṇām -
  • yantra (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
  • paramo* -
  • parama (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • guṇaḥ -
  • guṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “atha karmāṇi yantrāṇāṃ vicitrāṇi yathāvidhi
  • atha -
  • atha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • karmāṇi -
  • karman (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • yantrāṇām -
  • yantra (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
  • vicitrāṇi -
  • vicitra (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • yathāvidhi -
  • yathāvidhi (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 31.50

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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