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).

स्वस्तिको वर्तुलस्तत्र चतुरश्रोऽपरः स्मृतः ।
पञ्चभागोन्नता जङ्घा द्वौ भागौ रथिका भवेत् ॥ ६६ ॥

svastiko vartulastatra caturaśro'paraḥ smṛtaḥ |
pañcabhāgonnatā jaṅghā dvau bhāgau rathikā bhavet || 66 ||

The English translation of Verse 55.66 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 (55.66). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Svastika, Vartula, Tatra, Caturashra, Apara, Smrita, Panca, Pancan, Bhaga, Unnata, Jangha, Dva, Rathika,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 55.66). 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: “svastiko vartulastatra caturaśro'paraḥ smṛtaḥ
  • svastiko* -
  • svastika (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • vartulas -
  • vartula (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tatra -
  • tatra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tatra (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • caturaśro' -
  • caturaśra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • aparaḥ -
  • apara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • smṛtaḥ -
  • smṛta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    smṛ -> smṛta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]
  • Line 2: “pañcabhāgonnatā jaṅghā dvau bhāgau rathikā bhavet
  • pañca -
  • pañca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pañca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pañcan (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    pañcan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    pañc (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • bhāgo -
  • bhāga (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bhāga (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bhāgā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • unnatā* -
  • unnata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    unnatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • jaṅghā* -
  • jaṅgha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    jaṅghā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • dvau -
  • dva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • bhāgau -
  • bhāga (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • rathikā* -
  • rathika (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • bhavet -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 55.66

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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