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 57b.571

मेखलायाः समुच्छ्रायमर्धभागेन कारयेत् ।
चतुर्भागोन्नता जङ्घा प्रासकिङ्किणिकान्विता ॥ ५७१ ॥

mekhalāyāḥ samucchrāyamardhabhāgena kārayet |
caturbhāgonnatā jaṅghā prāsakiṅkiṇikānvitā || 571 ||

The English translation of Verse 57b.571 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.571). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Mekhala, Samucchraya, Ardhabhaga, Caturbhaga, Unnata, Jangha, Prasa, Kinkinika, Anvita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 57b.571). 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: “mekhalāyāḥ samucchrāyamardhabhāgena kārayet
  • mekhalāyāḥ -
  • mekhalā (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • samucchrāyam -
  • samucchrāya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • ardhabhāgena -
  • ardhabhāga (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • kārayet -
  • kṛ (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 2: “caturbhāgonnatā jaṅghā prāsakiṅkiṇikānvitā
  • caturbhāgo -
  • caturbhāga (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    caturbhāga (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    caturbhāgā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • unnatā* -
  • unnata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    unnatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • jaṅghā -
  • jaṅghā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • prāsa -
  • prāsa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kiṅkiṇikā -
  • kiṅkiṇikā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • anvitā -
  • anvitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 57b.571

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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