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).

चतुरश्रे समे राजा शय्याकारे पुरोहिताः ।
दीर्घे कुमारकाः सेनापतिर्वृत्तायते वसेत् ॥ ८ ॥

caturaśre same rājā śayyākāre purohitāḥ |
dīrghe kumārakāḥ senāpatirvṛttāyate vaset || 8 ||

The English translation of Verse 38.8 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 (38.8). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Caturashra, Caturashri, Sama, Raja, Rajan, Raj, Shayya, Shayi, Akara, Purohita, Dirgha, Kumaraka, Senapati, Vritta, Tad, Yushmad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 38.8). 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: “caturaśre same rājā śayyākāre purohitāḥ
  • caturaśre -
  • caturaśra (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    caturaśra (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    caturaśrā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    caturaśri (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    caturaśri (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • same -
  • sama (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    sama (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    samā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    sam (verb class 1)
    [present middle first single]
  • rājā -
  • rājā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    rājan (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    rāj (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    rāj (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • śayyā -
  • śī -> śayya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √śī]
    śī -> śayya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √śī]
    śayyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    śayi (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • akāre -
  • akāra (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • purohitāḥ -
  • purohita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    purohitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “dīrghe kumārakāḥ senāpatirvṛttāyate vaset
  • dīrghe -
  • dīrgha (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    dīrgha (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    dīrghā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • kumārakāḥ -
  • kumāraka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • senāpatir -
  • senāpati (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • vṛttāya -
  • vṛtta (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    vṛtta (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
    vṛt -> vṛtta (participle, masculine)
    [dative single from √vṛt class 1 verb]
    vṛt -> vṛtta (participle, neuter)
    [dative single from √vṛt class 1 verb]
  • 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]
  • vaset -
  • vas (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 38.8

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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