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).

ग्रामे नश्यन्ति चैतानि तदा ग्रामो विनश्यति ।
द्विगुत्थितं तु राष्ट्राणां गृहार्थेषु कुटुम्बिनाम् ॥ २३ ॥

grāme naśyanti caitāni tadā grāmo vinaśyati |
dvigutthitaṃ tu rāṣṭrāṇāṃ gṛhārtheṣu kuṭumbinām || 23 ||

The English translation of Verse 43.23 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 (43.23). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Grama, Nashyanti, Nashyat, Eta, Etad, Tada, Vina, Shyat, Rashtra, Grihartha, Kutumbin,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 43.23). 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: “grāme naśyanti caitāni tadā grāmo vinaśyati
  • grāme -
  • grāma (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    grāma (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • naśyanti -
  • naśyantī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    naśyat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    naś -> naśyat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √naś class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √naś class 4 verb], [accusative plural from √naś class 4 verb]
    naś -> naśyantī (participle, feminine)
    [vocative single from √naś class 4 verb]
    naś (verb class 4)
    [present active third plural]
  • cai -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • etāni -
  • eta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    etad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
  • tadā* -
  • tadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    tada (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • grāmo* -
  • grāma (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • vina -
  • vina (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vina (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śyati -
  • śā -> śyat (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √śā class 4 verb]
    śā -> śyat (participle, neuter)
    [locative single from √śā class 4 verb]
    śā (verb class 4)
    [present active third single]
  • Line 2: “dvigutthitaṃ tu rāṣṭrāṇāṃ gṛhārtheṣu kuṭumbinām
  • Cannot analyse dvigutthitam*tu
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • rāṣṭrāṇām -
  • rāṣṭra (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    rāṣṭra (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
  • gṛhārtheṣu -
  • gṛhārtha (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
  • kuṭumbinām -
  • kuṭumbin (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 43.23

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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