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).

वृक्षान् प्रशस्तानानीय समीपे भर्तृवेश्मनः ।
ततो भूमिं परीक्षेत प्रशस्तामथ नन्दिताम् ॥ ९ ॥

vṛkṣān praśastānānīya samīpe bhartṛveśmanaḥ |
tato bhūmiṃ parīkṣeta praśastāmatha nanditām || 9 ||

The English translation of Verse 33.9 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 (33.9). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vriksha, Prashasta, Samipa, Veshman, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Bhumi, Pariksha, Parikshi, Ita, Atha, Nandita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 33.9). 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: “vṛkṣān praśastānānīya samīpe bhartṛveśmanaḥ
  • vṛkṣān -
  • vṛkṣa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • praśastān -
  • praśasta (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • ānī -
  • āni (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • iya -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [perfect active second plural]
  • samīpe -
  • samīpa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    samīpa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    samīpā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • bhartṛ -
  • bhartṛ (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • veśmanaḥ -
  • veśman (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 2: “tato bhūmiṃ parīkṣeta praśastāmatha nanditām
  • tato* -
  • tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    tata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    tan -> tata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
  • bhūmim -
  • bhūmi (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    bhūmi (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • parīkṣe -
  • parīkṣa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    parīkṣa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    parīkṣā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    parīkṣi (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    parīkṣi (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • ita -
  • ita (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ita (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    i -> ita (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
    i -> ita (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
    i (verb class 2)
    [imperative active second plural]
  • praśastām -
  • praśastā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • atha -
  • atha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • nanditām -
  • nand -> nanditā (participle, feminine)
    [accusative single from √nand class 1 verb], [accusative single from √nand]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 33.9

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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