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).

निखनेच्चतुरः स्तम्भान् समैकसूत्रोपगान् ऋजून् सुदृढान् ।
सदृशान्तरान् धरित्रीवशतः सुश्लिक्ष्णपीठगतान् ॥ १७५ ॥

nikhaneccaturaḥ stambhān samaikasūtropagān ṛjūn sudṛḍhān |
sadṛśāntarān dharitrīvaśataḥ suślikṣṇapīṭhagatān || 175 ||

The English translation of Verse 31.175 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 (31.175). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Catur, Catura, Stambha, Sama, Ekasutra, Upaga, Riju, Sudridha, Sadrisha, Tara, Dharitri, Vashatah, Vashat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 31.175). 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: “nikhaneccaturaḥ stambhān samaikasūtropagān ṛjūn sudṛḍhān
  • ni -
  • ni (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ni (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ni (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    ni (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • khanec -
  • khan (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • caturaḥ -
  • catur (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    catura (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • stambhān -
  • stambha (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • samai -
  • sama (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sama (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    samā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    sam (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single], [imperative middle first single]
  • ekasūtro -
  • ekasūtra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • upagān -
  • upaga (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • ṛjūn -
  • ṛju (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • sudṛḍhān -
  • sudṛḍha (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “sadṛśāntarān dharitrīvaśataḥ suślikṣṇapīṭhagatān
  • sadṛśān -
  • sadṛśa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • tarān -
  • tara (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • dharitrī -
  • dharitrī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
  • vaśataḥ -
  • vaśataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    vaś -> vaśat (participle, masculine)
    [accusative plural from √vaś class 1 verb], [ablative single from √vaś class 1 verb], [genitive single from √vaś class 1 verb]
    vaś -> vaśat (participle, neuter)
    [ablative single from √vaś class 1 verb], [genitive single from √vaś class 1 verb]
    vaś (verb class 1)
    [present active third dual]
  • Cannot analyse suślikṣṇapīṭhagatān

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 31.175

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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