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).

परशुप्रतिमे क्षेत्रे बन्धनागारिणो जनाः ।
विस्राविणि सुराकाराः श्वभ्रामे कर्मकारिणः ॥ १६ ॥

paraśupratime kṣetre bandhanāgāriṇo janāḥ |
visrāviṇi surākārāḥ śvabhrāme karmakāriṇaḥ || 16 ||

The English translation of Verse 38.16 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 (38.16). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pratima, Kshetra, Bandhana, Agarin, Agari, Jana, Sravin, Surakara, Shvabhra, Ama, Karmakarin,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 38.16). 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: “paraśupratime kṣetre bandhanāgāriṇo janāḥ
  • paraśu -
  • paraśu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • pratime -
  • pratimā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    pratimā (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    pratima (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    pratima (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • kṣetre -
  • kṣetra (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • bandhanā -
  • bandhana (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bandhana (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • agāriṇo* -
  • agārin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    agārin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    agārī (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • janāḥ -
  • jana (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    janā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “visrāviṇi surākārāḥ śvabhrāme karmakāriṇaḥ
  • vi -
  • vi (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    vi (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    vi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    vi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ve (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • srāviṇi -
  • srāvin (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    srāvin (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • surākārāḥ -
  • surākāra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • śvabhrā -
  • śvabhra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śvabhra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ame -
  • ama (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ama (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    amā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • karmakāriṇaḥ -
  • karmakārin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    karmakārin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 38.16

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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