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).

समस्तमपि तद्यन्त्राज्जायते कल्प्लनावशात् ।
नृत्ये तु नाटकं चोक्षस्ताण्डवं लास्यमेव च ॥ ५७ ॥

samastamapi tadyantrājjāyate kalplanāvaśāt |
nṛtye tu nāṭakaṃ cokṣastāṇḍavaṃ lāsyameva ca || 57 ||

The English translation of Verse 31.57 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 (31.57). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Samasta, Api, Nritya, Nataka, Coksha, Tandava, Lasya, Eva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 31.57). 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: “samastamapi tadyantrājjāyate kalplanāvaśāt
  • samastam -
  • samasta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    samasta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    samastā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    api (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • Cannot analyse tadyantrājjāyate*ka
  • Cannot analyse kalplanāvaśāt
  • Line 2: “nṛtye tu nāṭakaṃ cokṣastāṇḍavaṃ lāsyameva ca
  • nṛtye -
  • nṛtya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    nṛt -> nṛtya (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √nṛt class 4 verb]
    nṛt -> nṛtya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √nṛt class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √nṛt class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √nṛt class 4 verb], [locative single from √nṛt class 4 verb]
    nṛt -> nṛtyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative dual from √nṛt class 4 verb], [vocative single from √nṛt class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √nṛt class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √nṛt class 4 verb]
    nṛt (verb class 4)
    [present passive first single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • nāṭakam -
  • nāṭaka (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    nāṭaka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • cokṣas -
  • cokṣa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tāṇḍavam -
  • tāṇḍava (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    tāṇḍava (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • lāsyam -
  • lāsya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    lāsya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    lāsyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    las -> lāsya (participle, masculine)
    [adverb from √las]
    las -> lāsya (participle, neuter)
    [adverb from √las]
    las -> lāsyā (participle, feminine)
    [adverb from √las]
    las -> lāsya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √las class 1 verb], [accusative single from √las]
    las -> lāsya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √las class 1 verb], [accusative single from √las class 1 verb], [nominative single from √las], [accusative single from √las]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 31.57

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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