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).

मेरुमन्दरकैलासा हंसाख्यो भद्र एव च ।
उत्तुङ्गो मिश्रकश्चैव तथा मालाधरोऽष्टमः ॥ ९ ॥

merumandarakailāsā haṃsākhyo bhadra eva ca |
uttuṅgo miśrakaścaiva tathā mālādharo'ṣṭamaḥ || 9 ||

The English translation of Verse 58.9 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 (58.9). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Merumandara, Kailasa, Hamsakhya, Bhadra, Eva, Uttunga, Mishraka, Tatha, Maladhara, Ashtama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 58.9). 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: “merumandarakailāsā haṃsākhyo bhadra eva ca
  • merumandara -
  • merumandara (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kailāsā* -
  • kailāsa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    kailāsā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • haṃsākhyo* -
  • haṃsākhya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bhadra* -
  • bhadra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “uttuṅgo miśrakaścaiva tathā mālādharo'ṣṭamaḥ
  • uttuṅgo* -
  • uttuṅga (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • miśrakaś -
  • miśraka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • cai -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • tathā* -
  • tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    tatha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • mālādharo' -
  • mālādhara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • aṣṭamaḥ -
  • aṣṭama (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 58.9

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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