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).

प्रतिहंसः ।
प्राग्ग्रीवा रुचकस्यैव सीमाविस्तारविस्तृताः ।
निर्गता भद्र मानेन तदा नन्दः स उच्यते ॥ ५५ ॥

pratihaṃsaḥ |
prāggrīvā rucakasyaiva sīmāvistāravistṛtāḥ |
nirgatā bhadra mānena tadā nandaḥ sa ucyate || 55 ||

The English translation of Verse 56.55 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 (56.55). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pratihamsa, Praggriva, Rucaka, Sima, Siman, Vistara, Vistrita, Nirgata, Bhadra, Mana, Tada, Nanda, Sah, Ucyat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 56.55). 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: “pratihaṃsaḥ
  • pratihaṃsaḥ -
  • pratihaṃsa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “prāggrīvā rucakasyaiva sīmāvistāravistṛtāḥ
  • prāggrīvā* -
  • prāggrīva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    prāggrīvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • rucakasyai -
  • rucaka (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    rucaka (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • sīmā -
  • sīmā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    sīman (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    sīman (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • vistāra -
  • vistāra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vistṛtāḥ -
  • vistṛta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    vistṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 3: “nirgatā bhadra mānena tadā nandaḥ sa ucyate
  • nirgatā* -
  • nirgata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    nirgatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • bhadra -
  • bhadra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bhadra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • mānena -
  • māna (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    māna (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    man -> māna (participle, masculine)
    [instrumental single from √man class 4 verb], [instrumental single from √man class 8 verb]
    man -> māna (participle, neuter)
    [instrumental single from √man class 4 verb], [instrumental single from √man class 8 verb]
  • tadā* -
  • tadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    tada (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • nandaḥ -
  • nanda (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sa* -
  • saḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ucyate -
  • uc -> ucyat (participle, masculine)
    [dative single from √uc class 4 verb]
    uc -> ucyat (participle, neuter)
    [dative single from √uc class 4 verb]
    vac (verb class 2)
    [present passive third single]
    vac (verb class 3)
    [present passive third single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 56.55

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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