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).

षड्भागेनु च्छ्रिता जङ्घा भागार्धं ग्रासपट्टिका ।
कर्णे चैकेन भागेन भागार्धं कुणपो भवेत् ।
भागेन हीरकं कुर्याद्यथा शोभा प्रजायते ।
मेखलान्तरपत्रे च सार्धभागेन कारयेत् ।
ऊर्ध्वतः पदयोर्मध्ये स्यात्सार्धद्वादशांशकम् ।
तन्मध्ये सार्धभागं तु राजसेनं सपट्टकम् ॥ ९ ॥

ṣaḍbhāgenu cchritā jaṅghā bhāgārdhaṃ grāsapaṭṭikā |
karṇe caikena bhāgena bhāgārdhaṃ kuṇapo bhavet |
bhāgena hīrakaṃ kuryādyathā śobhā prajāyate |
mekhalāntarapatre ca sārdhabhāgena kārayet |
ūrdhvataḥ padayormadhye syātsārdhadvādaśāṃśakam |
tanmadhye sārdhabhāgaṃ tu rājasenaṃ sapaṭṭakam || 9 ||

The English translation of Verse 57b.9 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.9). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shadbhaga, Jangha, Bhaga, Ardha, Grasa, Pattika, Karna, Karni, Aika, Kunapa, Hiraka, Yatha, Shobha, Praja, Tad, Yushmad, Mekhala, Tara, Patra, Sardha, Urdhvatah, Urdhvatas, Pada, Madhye, Madhya, Syat, Sya, Dvadashamshaka, Tanmadhya, Rajasena, Sapat, Kah,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 57b.9). 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: “ṣaḍbhāgenu cchritā jaṅghā bhāgārdhaṃ grāsapaṭṭikā
  • ṣaḍbhāge -
  • ṣaḍbhāga (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
  • inu -
  • inu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • Cannot analyse cchritā*ja
  • jaṅghā* -
  • jaṅgha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    jaṅghā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • bhāgā -
  • bhāga (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bhāga (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bhāgā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ardham -
  • ardha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ardha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    ardhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • grāsa -
  • grāsa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    grāsa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • paṭṭikā -
  • paṭṭikā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “karṇe caikena bhāgena bhāgārdhaṃ kuṇapo bhavet
  • karṇe -
  • karṇa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    karṇi (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    karṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • cai -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aikena -
  • aika (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    aika (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • bhāgena -
  • bhāga (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    bhāga (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • bhāgā -
  • bhāga (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bhāga (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bhāgā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ardham -
  • ardha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ardha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    ardhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • kuṇapo* -
  • kuṇapa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bhavet -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 3: “bhāgena hīrakaṃ kuryādyathā śobhā prajāyate
  • bhāgena -
  • bhāga (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    bhāga (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • hīrakam -
  • hīraka (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • kuryād -
  • kṛ (verb class 8)
    [optative active third single]
  • yathā -
  • yathā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    yathā (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • śobhā -
  • śobhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • prajāya -
  • praja (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    praja (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 4: “mekhalāntarapatre ca sārdhabhāgena kārayet
  • mekhalān -
  • mekhala (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • tara -
  • tara (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tara (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tara (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tṝ (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • patre -
  • patra (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    patra (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sārdha -
  • sārdha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sārdha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bhāgena -
  • bhāga (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    bhāga (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • kārayet -
  • kṛ (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 5: “ūrdhvataḥ padayormadhye syātsārdhadvādaśāṃśakam
  • ūrdhvataḥ -
  • ūrdhvataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ūrdhvatas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • padayor -
  • pada (noun, neuter)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
  • madhye -
  • madhye (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    madhya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    madhya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    madhyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • syāt -
  • syāt (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    syāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [optative active third single]
  • sārdha -
  • sārdha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sārdha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dvādaśāṃśakam -
  • dvādaśāṃśaka (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dvādaśāṃśaka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 6: “tanmadhye sārdhabhāgaṃ tu rājasenaṃ sapaṭṭakam
  • tanmadhye -
  • tanmadhya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • sārdha -
  • sārdha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sārdha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bhāgam -
  • bhāga (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    bhāga (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    bhāgā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • rājasenam -
  • rājasena (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    rājasenā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • sapaṭ -
  • sap -> sapat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √sap class 1 verb], [vocative single from √sap class 1 verb], [accusative single from √sap class 1 verb]
  • ṭa -
  • ṭa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ṭa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kam -
  • ka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    ka (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [accusative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 57b.9

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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