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).

वास्तुद्वारक्षणान् भूयः सर्वान् जानाति शास्त्रतः ।
यस्तु शास्त्रमविज्ञाय प्रयोक्ता स्थपतिर्भवेत् ॥ ६ ॥

vāstudvārakṣaṇān bhūyaḥ sarvān jānāti śāstrataḥ |
yastu śāstramavijñāya prayoktā sthapatirbhavet || 6 ||

The English translation of Verse 44.6 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 (44.6). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vastu, Dvara, Kshana, Bhuyah, Bhuyas, Sarva, Shastratah, Yah, Shastra, Avijna, Prayoktri, Sthapati,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 44.6). 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: “vāstudvārakṣaṇān bhūyaḥ sarvān jānāti śāstrataḥ
  • vāstu -
  • vāstu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    vāstu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • dvāra -
  • dvāra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dvāra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kṣaṇān -
  • kṣaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • bhūyaḥ -
  • bhūyaḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    bhūyas (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    bhūyas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • sarvān -
  • sarva (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • jānāti -
  • jñā (verb class 9)
    [present active third single]
  • śāstrataḥ -
  • śāstrataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • Line 2: “yastu śāstramavijñāya prayoktā sthapatirbhavet
  • yas -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • śāstram -
  • śāstra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • avijñāya -
  • avijña (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    avijña (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
  • prayoktā -
  • prayoktṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sthapatir -
  • sthapati (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    sthapati (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • bhavet -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 44.6

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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