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).

स स्यात् षड्विंशतिं हस्तान् परमः परिमाणतः ।
जठरं बाह्यसीमा च भित्तयो ह्यन्धकारिकाः ॥ २४ ॥

sa syāt ṣaḍviṃśatiṃ hastān paramaḥ parimāṇataḥ |
jaṭharaṃ bāhyasīmā ca bhittayo hyandhakārikāḥ || 24 ||

The English translation of Verse 55.24 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 (55.24). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Syat, Sya, Shadvimshati, Hasta, Parama, Parimanatah, Jathara, Bahyasima, Bhitti, Andhakarin,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 55.24). 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: “sa syāt ṣaḍviṃśatiṃ hastān paramaḥ parimāṇataḥ
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • syāt -
  • syāt (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    syāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [optative active third single]
  • ṣaḍviṃśatim -
  • ṣaḍviṃśati (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • hastān -
  • hasta (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • paramaḥ -
  • parama (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • parimāṇataḥ -
  • parimāṇataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • Line 2: “jaṭharaṃ bāhyasīmā ca bhittayo hyandhakārikāḥ
  • jaṭharam -
  • jaṭhara (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    jaṭhara (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    jaṭharā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • bāhyasīmā -
  • bāhyasīmā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bhittayo* -
  • bhitti (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • hya -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • andhakāri -
  • andhakāri (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    andhakārin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    andhakārin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • kāḥ -
  • kās (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 55.24

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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