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).

कार्यः पुरोधःप्रासादः तुल्यतत्पुनरेव वा ।
याम्यायां कुर्युरष्टांशहीनान्युर्वीशमन्दिरात् ॥ १२ ॥

kāryaḥ purodhaḥprāsādaḥ tulyatatpunareva vā |
yāmyāyāṃ kuryuraṣṭāṃśahīnānyurvīśamandirāt || 12 ||

The English translation of Verse 51.12 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 (51.12). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kari, Karya, Purodha, Purodhas, Prasada, Tulya, Tat, Tad, Punar, Eva, Yamya, Ashta, Sha, Hina, Urvisha, Rat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 51.12). 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: “kāryaḥ purodhaḥprāsādaḥ tulyatatpunareva
  • kāryaḥ -
  • kārī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    kārya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    kṛ -> kārya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kārya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √kṛ class 3 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 6 verb]
    kṝ -> kārya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √kṝ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṝ class 9 verb]
  • purodhaḥ -
  • purodhas (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    purodha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • prāsādaḥ -
  • prāsāda (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tulya -
  • tulya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tulya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tul -> tulya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √tul class 10 verb]
    tul -> tulya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √tul class 10 verb]
  • tat -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • punar -
  • punar (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    punar (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • -
  • (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • Line 2: “yāmyāyāṃ kuryuraṣṭāṃśahīnānyurvīśamandirāt
  • yāmyāyām -
  • yāmyā (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • kuryur -
  • kṛ (verb class 8)
    [optative active third plural]
  • aṣṭāṃ -
  • aṣṭā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    -> aṣṭā (participle, feminine)
    [accusative single from √ class 5 verb]
  • śa -
  • śa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • hīnānyu -
  • hīna (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    -> hīna (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √ class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √ class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √ class 3 verb], [vocative plural from √ class 3 verb], [accusative plural from √ class 3 verb]
  • urvīśam -
  • urvīśa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • andi -
  • ad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • rāt -
  • ra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    ra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    -> rāt (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √ class 2 verb], [vocative single from √ class 2 verb], [accusative single from √ class 2 verb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 51.12

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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