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).

सामुद्रं गणितं चैव ज्योतिषं छन्द एव च ।
सिराज्ञानं तथा शिल्पं यन्त्रकर्मविधिस्तथा ॥ ३ ॥

sāmudraṃ gaṇitaṃ caiva jyotiṣaṃ chanda eva ca |
sirājñānaṃ tathā śilpaṃ yantrakarmavidhistathā || 3 ||

The English translation of Verse 44.3 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 (44.3). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Samudra, Ganita, Jyotisha, Jyotis, Chanda, Chandas, Eva, Sira, Ajnana, Tatha, Shilpa, Yantrakarman, Yantrakarma, Vidhi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 44.3). 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: “sāmudraṃ gaṇitaṃ caiva jyotiṣaṃ chanda eva ca
  • sāmudram -
  • sāmudra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sāmudra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sāmudrā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • gaṇitam -
  • gaṇita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    gaṇita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    gaṇitā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • cai -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • jyotiṣam -
  • jyotiṣa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    jyotiṣa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    jyotiṣā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    jyotis (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • chanda* -
  • chandas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    chanda (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “sirājñānaṃ tathā śilpaṃ yantrakarmavidhistathā
  • sirā -
  • sira (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sirā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ajñānam -
  • ajñāna (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ajñāna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    ajñānā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • tathā -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • śilpam -
  • śilpa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śilpa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    śilpā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • yantrakarma -
  • yantrakarman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    yantrakarma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yantrakarma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vidhis -
  • vidhi (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    vidhi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tathā -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 44.3

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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