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).

चतुर्विंशत्यङ्गुलाश्च वैश्यानां शुभदायिनः ।
विंशत्याद्यङ्गुलैः कीलाः शूद्र जातेस्तु ते हिताः ॥ ११ ॥

caturviṃśatyaṅgulāśca vaiśyānāṃ śubhadāyinaḥ |
viṃśatyādyaṅgulaiḥ kīlāḥ śūdra jātestu te hitāḥ || 11 ||

The English translation of Verse 37.11 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 (37.11). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Caturvimshat, Caturvimshati, Angula, Vaishya, Shubhadayin, Vimshati, Adi, Adya, Adin, Kila, Shudra, Jati, Tad, Yushmad, Hita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 37.11). 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: “caturviṃśatyaṅgulāśca vaiśyānāṃ śubhadāyinaḥ
  • caturviṃśatya -
  • caturviṃśati (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    caturviṃśat (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • aṅgulāś -
  • aṅgula (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vaiśyānām -
  • vaiśya (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    vaiśya (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    vaiśyā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • śubhadāyinaḥ -
  • śubhadāyin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    śubhadāyin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 2: “viṃśatyādyaṅgulaiḥ kīlāḥ śūdra jātestu te hitāḥ
  • viṃśatyā -
  • viṃśati (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]
    viṃśati (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ādya -
  • ādi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ādi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ādi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ādya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ādya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ādin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single]
    ādin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ad -> ādya (participle, masculine)
    [compound from √ad]
    ad -> ādya (participle, neuter)
    [compound from √ad]
    ad -> ādya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √ad]
    ad -> ādya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √ad]
    ad -> ādya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √ad]
  • aṅgulaiḥ -
  • aṅgula (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • kīlāḥ -
  • kīla (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    kīlā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • śūdra -
  • śūdra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • jātes -
  • jāti (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • hitāḥ -
  • hita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    hitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    hi -> hita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √hi class 5 verb], [vocative plural from √hi class 5 verb]
    hi -> hitā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √hi class 5 verb], [vocative plural from √hi class 5 verb], [accusative plural from √hi class 5 verb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 37.11

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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