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).

उरोमञ्जरिका तानि भवत्येव यथाक्रमम् ।
अष्टाण्डकत्रयान्तेषु षडण्डं स्याच्चतुष्टयम् ।
चतुरण्डं द्वयं कृत्वा त्वेवं कर्णे विदुर्बुधाः ।
नव कुण्डानि तुल्यानि विस्तारेण पदद्वयम् ।
साधं भवति प्रत्येकं सार्धमुच्चैः पदद्वयम् ।
एवं निकर्त एकैकं स्यात्तत्पदं वांशदण्डकम् ॥ १६ ॥

uromañjarikā tāni bhavatyeva yathākramam |
aṣṭāṇḍakatrayānteṣu ṣaḍaṇḍaṃ syāccatuṣṭayam |
caturaṇḍaṃ dvayaṃ kṛtvā tvevaṃ karṇe vidurbudhāḥ |
nava kuṇḍāni tulyāni vistāreṇa padadvayam |
sādhaṃ bhavati pratyekaṃ sārdhamuccaiḥ padadvayam |
evaṃ nikarta ekaikaṃ syāttatpadaṃ vāṃśadaṇḍakam || 16 ||

The English translation of Verse 57b.16 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.16). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Uras, Uru, Manjarika, Tad, Tani, Bhavati, Bhavat, Bhavant, Eva, Yatha, Akramam, Akrama, Ashta, Ashtan, Andaka, Traya, Shada, Syat, Sya, Catushtaya, Caturam, Dvayam, Dvaya, Kritva, Kritvan, Tva, Evam, Karna, Karni, Vidu, Vidus, Budha, Nava, Navan, Kunda, Tulya, Vistara, Padat, Vaya, Asmad, Sadha, Pratyeka, Sardham, Sardha, Uccaih, Ucca, Nikartri, Ekaika, Tatpada, Vamsha, Dandaka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 57b.16). 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: “uromañjarikā tāni bhavatyeva yathākramam
  • uro -
  • uras (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    uras (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    uru (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • mañjarikā -
  • mañjarikā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • tāni -
  • tānī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    tānī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    tānī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
  • bhavatye -
  • bhavatī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    bhavat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhavat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    bhavant (pronoun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhavant (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    bhavant (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    bhū (verb class 1)
    [present active third single]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • yathā -
  • yathā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    yathā (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • akramam -
  • akramam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    akrama (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    akrama (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    akramā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    kram (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active first single], [aorist active first single]
    kram (verb class 4)
    [aorist active first single]
  • Line 2: “aṣṭāṇḍakatrayānteṣu ṣaḍaṇḍaṃ syāccatuṣṭayam
  • aṣṭā -
  • aṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    aṣṭa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    -> aṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [compound from √]
    -> aṣṭa (participle, neuter)
    [compound from √]
    aṣṭan (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    aṣṭan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    aṣṭā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    -> aṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √ class 5 verb]
    -> aṣṭa (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √ class 5 verb]
    -> aṣṭā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √ class 5 verb]
    akṣ (verb class 1)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
    akṣ (verb class 5)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
  • aṇḍaka -
  • aṇḍaka (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    aṇḍaka (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • trayān -
  • traya (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • teṣu -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
  • ṣaḍaṇ -
  • ṣaḍa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ṣaḍa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • ḍam -
  • ḍa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ḍā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • syāc -
  • syāt (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    syāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [optative active third single]
  • catuṣṭayam -
  • catuṣṭaya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    catuṣṭaya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 3: “caturaṇḍaṃ dvayaṃ kṛtvā tvevaṃ karṇe vidurbudhāḥ
  • caturaṇ -
  • caturam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • ḍam -
  • ḍa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ḍā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • dvayam -
  • dvayam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    dvaya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dvaya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • kṛtvā -
  • kṛtvā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛtvan (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tve -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    tva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    tva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    tvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • evam -
  • evam (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    evam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    evā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • karṇe -
  • karṇa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    karṇi (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    karṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • vidur -
  • vidus (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    vidus (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    vidu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    vidu (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    vid (verb class 2)
    [perfect active third plural]
  • budhāḥ -
  • budha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    budhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 4: “nava kuṇḍāni tulyāni vistāreṇa padadvayam
  • nava -
  • nava (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nava (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    navan (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    navan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    nu (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • kuṇḍāni -
  • kuṇḍa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    kuṇḍ (verb class 1)
    [imperative active first single]
  • tulyāni -
  • tulya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    tul -> tulya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √tul class 10 verb], [vocative plural from √tul class 10 verb], [accusative plural from √tul class 10 verb]
  • vistāreṇa -
  • vistāra (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • padad -
  • pad -> padat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √pad class 1 verb], [vocative single from √pad class 1 verb], [accusative single from √pad class 1 verb]
  • vayam -
  • vaya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vayā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [nominative dual]
  • Line 5: “sādhaṃ bhavati pratyekaṃ sārdhamuccaiḥ padadvayam
  • sādham -
  • sādha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • bhavati -
  • bhavatī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    bhavat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhavat (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    bhavant (pronoun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhavant (pronoun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    bhū (verb class 1)
    [present active third single]
  • pratyekam -
  • pratyeka (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pratyeka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    pratyekā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • sārdham -
  • sārdham (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sārdha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sārdha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sārdhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • uccaiḥ -
  • uccaiḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    uccaiḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    ucca (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    ucca (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • padad -
  • pad -> padat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √pad class 1 verb], [vocative single from √pad class 1 verb], [accusative single from √pad class 1 verb]
  • vayam -
  • vaya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vayā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [nominative dual]
  • Line 6: “evaṃ nikarta ekaikaṃ syāttatpadaṃ vāṃśadaṇḍakam
  • evam -
  • evam (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    evam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    evā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • nikarta* -
  • nikartṛ (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • ekaikam -
  • ekaika (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ekaika (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    ekaikā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • syāt -
  • syāt (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    syāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [optative active third single]
  • tatpadam -
  • tatpada (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    tatpada (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • vāṃśa -
  • vāṃśa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vāṃśa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • daṇḍakam -
  • daṇḍaka (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    daṇḍakā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    daṇḍaka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 57b.16

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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