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).

ब्राह्मणो निवसेन्मुख्ये द्विनाम्नि क्षत्रियो वसेत् ।
वितथे निवसेद्वैश्यः शूद्रः सुग्रीवनामनि ॥ १८ ॥

brāhmaṇo nivasenmukhye dvināmni kṣatriyo vaset |
vitathe nivasedvaiśyaḥ śūdraḥ sugrīvanāmani || 18 ||

The English translation of Verse 39.18 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 (39.18). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Brahmana, Mukhya, Dvinaman, Dvinamni, Kshatriya, Vitatha, Vaishya, Shudra, Sugriva, Naman,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 39.18). 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: “brāhmaṇo nivasenmukhye dvināmni kṣatriyo vaset
  • brāhmaṇo* -
  • brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ni -
  • ni (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ni (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ni (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    ni (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • vasen -
  • vas (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • mukhye -
  • mukhya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    mukhya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    mukhyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • dvināmni -
  • dvināmnī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    dvināman (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    dvināman (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • kṣatriyo* -
  • kṣatriya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • vaset -
  • vas (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 2: “vitathe nivasedvaiśyaḥ śūdraḥ sugrīvanāmani
  • vitathe -
  • vitatha (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    vitatha (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    vitathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ni -
  • ni (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ni (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ni (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    ni (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • vased -
  • vas (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • vaiśyaḥ -
  • vaiśya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • śūdraḥ -
  • śūdra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sugrīva -
  • sugrīva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sugrīva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • nāmani -
  • nāman (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 39.18

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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