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 वास्तुसंस्थानमातृका नामाष्टात्रिंशोऽध्यायः ।
इदानीमभिधास्यामो वास्तुसंस्थानमातृकाम् ।
निवासहेतवे सम्यक्सर्वकर्मोपजीविनाम् ॥ १ ॥

samarāṅgaṇasūtradhāra adhyāyasūcī |
atha vāstusaṃsthānamātṛkā nāmāṣṭātriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ |
idānīmabhidhāsyāmo vāstusaṃsthānamātṛkām |
nivāsahetave samyaksarvakarmopajīvinām || 1 ||

The English translation of Verse 38.1 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 (38.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Samaranganasutradhara, Adhyaya, Suci, Sucin, Atha, Vastu, Samsthana, Ric, Naman, Ashtatrimsha, Idanim, Abhidha, Nivasa, Hetu, Samyak, Sarvakarman, Sarvakarma, Upajivin,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 38.1). 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 vāstusaṃsthānamātṛkā nāmāṣṭātriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ
  • atha -
  • atha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • vāstu -
  • vāstu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    vāstu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • saṃsthānam -
  • saṃsthāna (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    saṃsthāna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    saṃsthānā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • āt -
  • āt (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    a (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • ṛk -
  • ṛc (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • ā* -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    ā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    o (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • nāmā -
  • nāman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • aṣṭātriṃśo' -
  • aṣṭātriṃśa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • adhyāyaḥ -
  • adhyāya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    dhyā (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active second single]
  • Line 3: “idānīmabhidhāsyāmo vāstusaṃsthānamātṛkām
  • idānīm -
  • idānīm (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • abhidhā -
  • abhidhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • asyāmo* -
  • as (verb class 4)
    [present active first plural]
  • vāstu -
  • vāstu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    vāstu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • saṃsthānam -
  • saṃsthāna (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    saṃsthāna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    saṃsthānā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • āt -
  • āt (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    a (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • ṛk -
  • ṛc (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • ām -
  • ā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    o (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • Line 4: “nivāsahetave samyaksarvakarmopajīvinām
  • nivāsa -
  • nivāsa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • hetave -
  • hetu (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
  • samyak -
  • samyak (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • sarvakarmo -
  • sarvakarman (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    sarvakarman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    sarvakarmā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • upajīvinām -
  • upajīvin (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    upajīvin (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 38.1

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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