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).

अलिन्दस्योर्ध्वभागस्तं सिंहकर्णं मनोरमम् ।
सिंहकर्णे द्विभाग्स्थो द्वादशांशकविस्तृताम् ॥ ७६ ॥

alindasyordhvabhāgastaṃ siṃhakarṇaṃ manoramam |
siṃhakarṇe dvibhāgstho dvādaśāṃśakavistṛtām || 76 ||

The English translation of Verse 57a.76 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.76). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Alinda, Urdhvabhaga, Simhakarna, Manorama, Dvadashamshaka, Vistrita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 57a.76). 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: “alindasyordhvabhāgastaṃ siṃhakarṇaṃ manoramam
  • alindasyo -
  • alinda (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
  • ūrdhvabhāgas -
  • ūrdhvabhāga (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tam -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    tan (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • siṃhakarṇam -
  • siṃhakarṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • manoramam -
  • manorama (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    manorama (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    manoramā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “siṃhakarṇe dvibhāgstho dvādaśāṃśakavistṛtām
  • siṃhakarṇe -
  • siṃhakarṇa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • Cannot analyse dvibhāgstho*dv
  • dvādaśāṃśaka -
  • dvādaśāṃśaka (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dvādaśāṃśaka (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vistṛtām -
  • vistṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 57a.76

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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