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).

शिखराणां समुत्सेधो यथैवाद्ये तथा भवेत् ।
चित्रकूटः ॥ किरणः कथ्यते स स्यात्पद्मतुल्यः प्रमाणतः ॥ १३८ ॥

śikharāṇāṃ samutsedho yathaivādye tathā bhavet |
citrakūṭaḥ || kiraṇaḥ kathyate sa syātpadmatulyaḥ pramāṇataḥ || 138 ||

The English translation of Verse 59.138 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 (59.138). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shikhara, Samutsedha, Yatha, Eva, Yah, Yat, Tatha, Citrakuta, Kirana, Syat, Sya, Padma, Tulya, Pramanatah,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 59.138). 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: “śikharāṇāṃ samutsedho yathaivādye tathā bhavet
  • śikharāṇām -
  • śikhara (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    śikhara (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    śikharā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • samutsedho* -
  • samutsedha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • yathai -
  • yathā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    yathā (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • evād -
  • eva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • ye -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • tathā* -
  • tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    tatha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • bhavet -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 2: “citrakūṭaḥ |
  • citrakūṭaḥ -
  • citrakūṭa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 3: “kiraṇaḥ kathyate sa syātpadmatulyaḥ pramāṇataḥ
  • kiraṇaḥ -
  • kiraṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • kathyate -
  • kath (verb class 10)
    [present passive third single]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • syāt -
  • syāt (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    syāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [optative active third single]
  • padma -
  • padma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    padma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tulyaḥ -
  • tulya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    tul -> tulya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √tul class 10 verb]
  • pramāṇataḥ -
  • pramāṇataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 59.138

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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