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).

प्रासादांश्च तदाकाराञ्शिलापक्वेष्टकादिभिः ।
नगराणामलङ्कारहेतवे समकल्पयत् ॥ ६ ॥

prāsādāṃśca tadākārāñśilāpakveṣṭakādibhiḥ |
nagarāṇāmalaṅkārahetave samakalpayat || 6 ||

The English translation of Verse 49.6 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 (49.6). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Prasada, Tadakara, Shila, Apakveshtaka, Adi, Adin, Nagara, Alankara, Hetu, Sama, Kalpayat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 49.6). 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: “prāsādāṃśca tadākārāñśilāpakveṣṭakādibhiḥ
  • prāsādāṃś -
  • prāsāda (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tadākārāñś -
  • tadākāra (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • śilā -
  • śila (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śilā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    śil (verb class 6)
    [imperative active second single]
  • apakveṣṭakā -
  • apakveṣṭakā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ādibhiḥ -
  • ādi (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    ādi (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
    ādi (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental plural]
    ādin (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    ādin (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • Line 2: “nagarāṇāmalaṅkārahetave samakalpayat
  • nagarāṇām -
  • nagara (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    nagara (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
  • alaṅkāra -
  • alaṅkāra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    alaṅkāra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • hetave -
  • hetu (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
  • sama -
  • sama (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sama (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sam (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • kalpayat -
  • kḷp -> kalpayat (participle, masculine)
    [compound from √kḷp]
    kḷp -> kalpayat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √kḷp], [vocative single from √kḷp], [accusative single from √kḷp]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 49.6

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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