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).

नृपाभिषेचने चैव शक्रध्वजनिवेशने ।
नृपयोग्या भवन्त्येता वर्णानामनुपूर्वशः ॥ ४ ॥

nṛpābhiṣecane caiva śakradhvajaniveśane |
nṛpayogyā bhavantyetā varṇānāmanupūrvaśaḥ || 4 ||

The English translation of Verse 47.4 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 (47.4). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nripa, Abhishecana, Shakradhvaja, Niveshana, Yogya, Yogi, Bhavanti, Bhavat, Bhavant, Eta, Esha, Varna, Anupurvashah,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 47.4). 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: “nṛpābhiṣecane caiva śakradhvajaniveśane
  • nṛpā -
  • nṛpa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • abhiṣecane -
  • abhiṣecana (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • 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]
  • śakradhvaja -
  • śakradhvaja (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • niveśane -
  • niveśana (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    niveśana (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • Line 2: “nṛpayogyā bhavantyetā varṇānāmanupūrvaśaḥ
  • nṛpa -
  • nṛpa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • yogyā* -
  • yogya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    yogyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    yuj -> yogya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √yuj class 7 verb], [vocative plural from √yuj class 7 verb]
    yuj -> yogyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √yuj class 7 verb], [vocative plural from √yuj class 7 verb], [accusative plural from √yuj class 7 verb]
    yogī (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • bhavantye -
  • bhavanti (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    bhavantī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    bhavat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [nominative plural], [vocative dual], [vocative plural], [accusative dual], [accusative plural]
    bhavant (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
    bhū (verb class 1)
    [present active third plural]
  • etā* -
  • eta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    etā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    eṣā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
  • varṇānām -
  • varṇa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    varṇa (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    varṇā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • anupūrvaśaḥ -
  • anupūrvaśaḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 47.4

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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