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).

वसेयुः शङ्खसंस्थाने क्षेत्रे पुत्राभिलाषिणः ।
छिन्नकर्णे महामात्रा विकर्णे मृगलब्धकाः ॥ ११ ॥

vaseyuḥ śaṅkhasaṃsthāne kṣetre putrābhilāṣiṇaḥ |
chinnakarṇe mahāmātrā vikarṇe mṛgalabdhakāḥ || 11 ||

The English translation of Verse 38.11 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 (38.11). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shankha, Samsthana, Kshetra, Putra, Abhilashin, Chinnakarna, Mahamatra, Vikarna, Mriga, Labdhaka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 38.11). 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: “vaseyuḥ śaṅkhasaṃsthāne kṣetre putrābhilāṣiṇaḥ
  • vaseyuḥ -
  • vas (verb class 1)
    [optative active third plural]
  • śaṅkha -
  • śaṅkha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śaṅkha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • saṃsthāne -
  • saṃsthāna (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    saṃsthāna (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    saṃsthānā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • kṣetre -
  • kṣetra (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • putrā -
  • putra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    putra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    putrā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • abhilāṣiṇaḥ -
  • abhilāṣin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    abhilāṣin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 2: “chinnakarṇe mahāmātrā vikarṇe mṛgalabdhakāḥ
  • chinnakarṇe -
  • chinnakarṇa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    chinnakarṇa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    chinnakarṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • mahāmātrā* -
  • mahāmātra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    mahāmātrā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • vikarṇe -
  • vikarṇa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    vikarṇa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    vikarṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • mṛga -
  • mṛga (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • labdhakāḥ -
  • labdhaka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 38.11

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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