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).

पदिका बाह्यभित्तिः स्यादित्येष स तदा स्मृतः ।
द्विपदो वेदिकाबन्धो जङ्घा पञ्चपदोदया ॥ ९ ॥

padikā bāhyabhittiḥ syādityeṣa sa tadā smṛtaḥ |
dvipado vedikābandho jaṅghā pañcapadodayā || 9 ||

The English translation of Verse 55.9 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 (55.9). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Padika, Bahya, Bhitti, Syat, Sya, Iti, Itya, Esha, Tada, Smrita, Dvipad, Dvipada, Vedika, Jangha, Pancapada, Daya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 55.9). 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: “padikā bāhyabhittiḥ syādityeṣa sa tadā smṛtaḥ
  • padikā* -
  • padika (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    padikā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • bāhya -
  • bāhya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bāhya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bhittiḥ -
  • bhitti (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • syād -
  • syāt (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    syāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [optative active third single]
  • itye -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    itya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    itya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    ityā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    i -> itya (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √i class 2 verb]
    i -> itya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √i class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √i class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √i class 2 verb], [locative single from √i class 2 verb]
    i -> ityā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative dual from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √i class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √i class 2 verb]
  • eṣa -
  • eṣa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eṣa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    eṣ (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single], [perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
    iṣ (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tadā -
  • tadā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tadā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • smṛtaḥ -
  • smṛta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    smṛ -> smṛta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]
  • Line 2: “dvipado vedikābandho jaṅghā pañcapadodayā
  • dvipado* -
  • dvipad (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    dvipad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    dvipada (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • vedikā -
  • vedika (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vedikā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • abandho* -
  • bandh (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active second single]
  • jaṅghā -
  • jaṅghā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • pañcapado -
  • pañcapada (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • dayā -
  • dayā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 55.9

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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