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).

शुक्लपक्षे शुचिः स्नातः स्थपतिश्च सिताम्बरः ।
गृहस्थाननिमित्तात्तु देवस्थानानि लक्षयेत् ॥ १६ ॥

śuklapakṣe śuciḥ snātaḥ sthapatiśca sitāmbaraḥ |
gṛhasthānanimittāttu devasthānāni lakṣayet || 16 ||

The English translation of Verse 37.16 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 (37.16). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shuklapaksha, Shuci, Snata, Snat, Sthapati, Sitambara, Grihasthana, Nimitta, Devasthana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 37.16). 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: “śuklapakṣe śuciḥ snātaḥ sthapatiśca sitāmbaraḥ
  • śuklapakṣe -
  • śuklapakṣa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • śuciḥ -
  • śuci (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    śuci (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • snātaḥ -
  • snāta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    snā -> snāta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √snā class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √snā class 2 verb], [ablative single from √snā class 2 verb], [genitive single from √snā class 2 verb], [nominative single from √snā class 4 verb]
    snā -> snāt (participle, neuter)
    [ablative single from √snā class 2 verb], [genitive single from √snā class 2 verb]
    snā (verb class 2)
    [present active third dual]
  • sthapatiś -
  • sthapati (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    sthapati (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sitāmbaraḥ -
  • sitāmbara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “gṛhasthānanimittāttu devasthānāni lakṣayet
  • gṛhasthāna -
  • gṛhasthāna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • nimittāt -
  • nimitta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • devasthānāni -
  • devasthāna (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • lakṣayet -
  • lakṣ (verb class 10)
    [optative active third single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 37.16

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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