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).

चतुश्चतुर्धरौ यत्र प्राग्रीवौ द्वौ च पार्श्वयोः ।
तौ तु द्विद्विधरौ गर्भविस्तारेण तु सम्मितौ ॥ १६१ ॥

catuścaturdharau yatra prāgrīvau dvau ca pārśvayoḥ |
tau tu dvidvidharau garbhavistāreṇa tu sammitau || 161 ||

The English translation of Verse 49.161 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 (49.161). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Catu, Catus, Caturdhara, Yatra, Prak, Dva, Parshva, Garbha, Vistara, Sammita, Sammiti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 49.161). 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: “catuścaturdharau yatra prāgrīvau dvau ca pārśvayoḥ
  • catuś -
  • catur (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    catus (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    catu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    catu (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • caturdharau -
  • caturdhara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • yatra -
  • yatra (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    yatra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yatra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • prāg -
  • prāk (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • rīvau -
  • dvau -
  • dva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pārśvayoḥ -
  • pārśva (noun, masculine)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
    pārśva (noun, neuter)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
    pārśvā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
  • Line 2: “tau tu dvidvidharau garbhavistāreṇa tu sammitau
  • tau -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • Cannot analyse dvidvidharau*ga
  • garbha -
  • garbha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vistāreṇa -
  • vistāra (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • sammitau -
  • sammita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    sammiti (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    sammiti (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 49.161

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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