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).

अष्टाश्रं चतुरो भागान् विदध्यात्तत्र भागिकी ।
भित्तिर्विधेया भागाभ्यां भवेद्गर्भगृहं ततः ॥ ९६ ॥

aṣṭāśraṃ caturo bhāgān vidadhyāttatra bhāgikī |
bhittirvidheyā bhāgābhyāṃ bhavedgarbhagṛhaṃ tataḥ || 96 ||

The English translation of Verse 56.96 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 (56.96). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ashtashra, Catur, Catura, Bhaga, Vida, Dha, Dhi, Dhya, Atta, Tra, Bhitti, Vidheya, Garbhagriha, Tatah, Tad, Tata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 56.96). 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: “aṣṭāśraṃ caturo bhāgān vidadhyāttatra bhāgikī
  • aṣṭāśram -
  • aṣṭāśra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    aṣṭāśra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • caturo* -
  • catur (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    catura (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bhāgān -
  • bhāga (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • vida -
  • vida (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vida (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vid (verb class 2)
    [perfect active second plural]
  • dhyā -
  • dhi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    dhī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    dhā (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    dhyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ātta -
  • ātta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ātta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ad (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active second plural]
  • tra -
  • tra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Cannot analyse bhāgikī
  • Line 2: “bhittirvidheyā bhāgābhyāṃ bhavedgarbhagṛhaṃ tataḥ
  • bhittir -
  • bhitti (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • vidheyā* -
  • vidheya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    vidheyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • bhāgābhyām -
  • bhāga (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental dual], [dative dual], [ablative dual]
    bhāga (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental dual], [dative dual], [ablative dual]
    bhāgā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental dual], [dative dual], [ablative dual]
  • bhaved -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • garbhagṛham -
  • garbhagṛha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    garbhagṛha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    garbhagṛhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • tataḥ -
  • tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    tata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    tan -> tata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 56.96

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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