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).

हिमवान् हेमकूटश्च कैलासः पृथिवीजयः ।
इन्द्र नीलो महानीलो भूधरो रत्नकूटकः ॥ १९ ॥

himavān hemakūṭaśca kailāsaḥ pṛthivījayaḥ |
indra nīlo mahānīlo bhūdharo ratnakūṭakaḥ || 19 ||

The English translation of Verse 56.19 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 (56.19). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Himavat, Hemakuta, Kailasa, Prithivijaya, Indra, Nila, Mahanila, Bhudhara, Ratnakuta, Kah,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 56.19). 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: “himavān hemakūṭaśca kailāsaḥ pṛthivījayaḥ
  • himavān -
  • himavat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • hemakūṭaś -
  • hemakūṭa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kailāsaḥ -
  • kailāsa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • pṛthivījayaḥ -
  • pṛthivījaya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “indra nīlo mahānīlo bhūdharo ratnakūṭakaḥ
  • indra -
  • indra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • nīlo* -
  • nīla (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • mahānīlo* -
  • mahānīla (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bhūdharo* -
  • bhūdhara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ratnakūṭa -
  • ratnakūṭa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ratnakūṭa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kaḥ -
  • kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    ka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 56.19

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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