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).

ऋत्विग्भिर्ब्राह्मणैर्धीरः स्थपतिः सपुरोहितैः ।
रात्रौ होमबलिं कुर्यान्नगरे तु चतुर्दिशम् ॥ ६ ॥

ṛtvigbhirbrāhmaṇairdhīraḥ sthapatiḥ sapurohitaiḥ |
rātrau homabaliṃ kuryānnagare tu caturdiśam || 6 ||

The English translation of Verse 46.6 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 (46.6). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ritvij, Brahmana, Dhira, Sthapati, Sapurohita, Ratrau, Ratra, Homa, Bali, Nagara, Caturdisham,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 46.6). 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: “ṛtvigbhirbrāhmaṇairdhīraḥ sthapatiḥ sapurohitaiḥ
  • ṛtvigbhir -
  • ṛtvij (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    ṛtvij (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • brāhmaṇair -
  • brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    brāhmaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • dhīraḥ -
  • dhīra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sthapatiḥ -
  • sthapati (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    sthapati (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • sapurohitaiḥ -
  • sapurohita (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    sapurohita (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • Line 2: “rātrau homabaliṃ kuryānnagare tu caturdiśam
  • rātrau -
  • rātrau (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    rātra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • homa -
  • homa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • balim -
  • bali (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • kuryān -
  • kṛ (verb class 8)
    [optative active third single]
  • nagare -
  • nagara (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    nagara (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • caturdiśam -
  • caturdiśam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 46.6

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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