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).

समराङ्गणसूत्रधार अध्यायसूची ।
अथ बलिदानविधिर्नाम षट्त्रिंशोऽध्यायः ।
इदानीमभिधास्यामो बलिरूपविधेः क्रमम् ।
येन येनार्चिता देवास्तुष्यन्ति समहेश्वराः ॥ १ ॥

samarāṅgaṇasūtradhāra adhyāyasūcī |
atha balidānavidhirnāma ṣaṭtriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ |
idānīmabhidhāsyāmo balirūpavidheḥ kramam |
yena yenārcitā devāstuṣyanti samaheśvarāḥ || 1 ||

The English translation of Verse 36.1 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 (36.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Samaranganasutradhara, Adhyaya, Suci, Sucin, Atha, Balidanavidhi, Naman, Shattrimsha, Idanim, Abhidha, Bali, Vidhi, Krama, Yena, Yah, Yat, Arcita, Deva, Tushyat, Tushyanti, Samaha, Ishvara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 36.1). 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: “samarāṅgaṇasūtradhāra adhyāyasūcī
  • samarāṅgaṇasūtradhāra -
  • samarāṅgaṇasūtradhāra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    samarāṅgaṇasūtradhāra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • adhyāya -
  • adhyāya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sūcī -
  • sūcī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    sūcī (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    sūci (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    sūci (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    sūcin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “atha balidānavidhirnāma ṣaṭtriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ
  • atha -
  • atha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • balidānavidhir -
  • balidānavidhi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • nāma -
  • nāman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • ṣaṭtriṃśo' -
  • ṣaṭtriṃśa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • adhyāyaḥ -
  • adhyāya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    dhyā (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active second single]
  • Line 3: “idānīmabhidhāsyāmo balirūpavidheḥ kramam
  • idānīm -
  • idānīm (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • abhidhā -
  • abhidhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • asyāmo* -
  • as (verb class 4)
    [present active first plural]
  • balir -
  • bali (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ūpa -
  • vap (verb class 1)
    [perfect active second plural]
    vap (verb class 1)
    [perfect active second plural]
  • vidheḥ -
  • vidhi (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    vidhi (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    vidh (verb class 6)
    [optative active second single]
    vidh (verb class 6)
    [optative active second single]
  • kramam -
  • krama (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • Line 4: “yena yenārcitā devāstuṣyanti samaheśvarāḥ
  • yena -
  • yena (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • yenā -
  • yena (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • arcitā* -
  • arcita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    arcitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    ṛc -> arcita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √ṛc], [vocative plural from √ṛc]
    ṛc -> arcitā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √ṛc], [vocative plural from √ṛc], [accusative plural from √ṛc]
    ṛc -> arcita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √ṛc], [vocative plural from √ṛc]
    ṛc -> arcitā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √ṛc], [vocative plural from √ṛc], [accusative plural from √ṛc]
  • devās -
  • deva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    devā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • tuṣyanti -
  • tuṣ -> tuṣyat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √tuṣ class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √tuṣ class 4 verb], [accusative plural from √tuṣ class 4 verb]
    tuṣ -> tuṣyantī (participle, feminine)
    [vocative single from √tuṣ class 4 verb]
    tuṣ (verb class 4)
    [present active third plural]
  • samahe -
  • samaha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • iśvarāḥ -
  • iśvara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 36.1

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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