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).

पद्मो मालाधरश्चैव वृत्तावेतावुदाहृतौ ।
मलयो मकराख्योऽथ द्वौ तु वृत्तायताविमौ ॥ १४ ॥

padmo mālādharaścaiva vṛttāvetāvudāhṛtau |
malayo makarākhyo'tha dvau tu vṛttāyatāvimau || 14 ||

The English translation of Verse 56.14 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 (56.14). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Padma, Maladhara, Vritta, Vritti, Eta, Eti, Esha, Udahrita, Udahriti, Malaya, Mali, Makara, Atha, Dva, Idam,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 56.14). 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: “padmo mālādharaścaiva vṛttāvetāvudāhṛtau
  • padmo* -
  • padma (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • mālādharaś -
  • mālādhara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • cai -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • vṛttāve -
  • vṛtta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    vṛtti (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    vṛt -> vṛtta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative dual from √vṛt class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √vṛt class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √vṛt class 1 verb]
  • etāvu -
  • eta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    eti (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    eṣa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • udāhṛtau -
  • udāhṛta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    udāhṛti (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • Line 2: “malayo makarākhyo'tha dvau tu vṛttāyatāvimau
  • malayo* -
  • malaya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    mali (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • makarā -
  • makara (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • akhyo' -
  • khyā (verb class 2)
    [aorist active second single]
  • atha -
  • atha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • dvau -
  • dva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • vṛttāya -
  • vṛtta (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    vṛtta (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
    vṛt -> vṛtta (participle, masculine)
    [dative single from √vṛt class 1 verb]
    vṛt -> vṛtta (participle, neuter)
    [dative single from √vṛt class 1 verb]
  • tāvi -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • imau -
  • idam (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 56.14

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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