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).

दुर्गं तु षड्विधं प्रोक्तं राज्ञां तु विजिगीषताम् ।
अब्दुर्गं पङ्कदुर्गं वा वनदुर्गैरिणे तथा ॥ ३९ ॥

durgaṃ tu ṣaḍvidhaṃ proktaṃ rājñāṃ tu vijigīṣatām |
abdurgaṃ paṅkadurgaṃ vā vanadurgairiṇe tathā || 39 ||

The English translation of Verse 45.39 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 (45.39). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Durga, Shadvidha, Prokta, Rajan, Vijigisha, Abdurga, Panka, Var, Vanadurga, Airina, Tatha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 45.39). 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: “durgaṃ tu ṣaḍvidhaṃ proktaṃ rājñāṃ tu vijigīṣatām
  • durgam -
  • durga (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    durga (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    durgā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • ṣaḍvidham -
  • ṣaḍvidha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ṣaḍvidha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    ṣaḍvidhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • proktam -
  • prokta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    prokta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    proktā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • rājñām -
  • rājan (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • vijigīṣa -
  • vijigīṣa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vijigīṣa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tām -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “abdurgaṃ paṅkadurgaṃ vanadurgairiṇe tathā
  • abdurgam -
  • abdurga (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • paṅka -
  • paṅka (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    paṅka (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • durgam -
  • durga (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    durga (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    durgā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • vā* -
  • vār (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    vār (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    va (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • vanadurgai -
  • vanadurga (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vanadurga (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vanadurgā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • airiṇe -
  • airiṇa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative 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 45.39

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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