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).

Verse 57a.8

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दुर्धरो दुर्जयश्चैव त्रिकूटो नवशेखरः ।
पुण्डरीकः सुनाभश्च महेन्द्रः शिखिशेखरः ॥ ८ ॥

durdharo durjayaścaiva trikūṭo navaśekharaḥ |
puṇḍarīkaḥ sunābhaśca mahendraḥ śikhiśekharaḥ || 8 ||

The English translation of Verse 57a.8 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 (57a.8). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Durdhara, Durjaya, Trikuta, Navashekhara, Pundarika, Sunabha, Mahendra, Shikhi, Shikhin, Shekhara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 57a.8). 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: “durdharo durjayaścaiva trikūṭo navaśekharaḥ ”
durdharo* -
durdhara (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
durjayaś -
durjaya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
trikūṭo* -
trikūṭa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
navaśekharaḥ -
navaśekhara (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “puṇḍarīkaḥ sunābhaśca mahendraḥ śikhiśekharaḥ ”
puṇḍarīkaḥ -
puṇḍarīka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sunābhaś -
sunābha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
mahendraḥ -
mahendra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
śikhi -
śikhi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

śikhī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

śikhin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

śikhin (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
śekharaḥ -
śekhara (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 57a.8

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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Last Updated: 17 April, 2020