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).

आयपीठोच्छदा प्रोक्ता मूलभूतोभिवास्तुनः ।
खुरकश्च पदार्धेन सार्धभागे कुम्भपूरकः ॥ ७ ॥

āyapīṭhocchadā proktā mūlabhūtobhivāstunaḥ |
khurakaśca padārdhena sārdhabhāge kumbhapūrakaḥ || 7 ||

The English translation of Verse 57b.7 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 (57b.7). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Aya, Pitha, Ucchat, Prokta, Mulabhuta, Astu, Khuraka, Pada, Pad, Ardha, Sardha, Bhaga, Kumbha, Puraka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 57b.7). 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: “āyapīṭhocchadā proktā mūlabhūtobhivāstunaḥ
  • āya -
  • āya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    a (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
  • pīṭho -
  • pīṭha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pīṭha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ucchad -
  • vas -> ucchat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √vas class 6 verb], [vocative single from √vas class 6 verb], [accusative single from √vas class 6 verb]
  • ā -
  • ā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • proktā* -
  • prokta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    proktā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • mūlabhūto -
  • mūlabhūta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    mūlabhūta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    mūlabhūtā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ūbhivā -
  • umbh (verb class 6)
    [perfect active first dual]
    umbh (verb class 9)
    [perfect active first dual]
  • astunaḥ -
  • astu (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 2: “khurakaśca padārdhena sārdhabhāge kumbhapūrakaḥ
  • khurakaś -
  • khuraka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • padā -
  • pada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pad (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    pad (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • ardhena -
  • ardha (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    ardha (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • sārdha -
  • sārdha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sārdha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bhāge -
  • bhāga (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhāga (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    bhāgā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • kumbha -
  • kumbha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kumbha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pūrakaḥ -
  • pūraka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 57b.7

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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