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).

स्तरप्रमाणं मकरं तद्वन्मकरपट्टिकाम् ।
पुनश्छेदं स्तरं कुर्याद्वेदीबन्धस्ततः स्तरम् ॥ ९ ॥

starapramāṇaṃ makaraṃ tadvanmakarapaṭṭikām |
punaśchedaṃ staraṃ kuryādvedībandhastataḥ staram || 9 ||

The English translation of Verse 62.9 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 (62.9). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Stara, Pramana, Makara, Tadvan, Tadvat, Pattika, Puna, Cheda, Vedi, Vedin, Bandha, Tatah, Tad, Tata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 62.9). 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: “starapramāṇaṃ makaraṃ tadvanmakarapaṭṭikām
  • stara -
  • stara (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pramāṇam -
  • pramāṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pramāṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • makaram -
  • makara (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • tadvan -
  • tadvat (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tadvan (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    tadvat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • makara -
  • makara (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • paṭṭikām -
  • paṭṭikā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “punaśchedaṃ staraṃ kuryādvedībandhastataḥ staram
  • punaś -
  • pu (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    puna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • chedam -
  • cheda (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    cheda (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    chedā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • staram -
  • stara (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • kuryād -
  • kṛ (verb class 8)
    [optative active third single]
  • vedī -
  • vedī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    vedi (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    vedi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    vedin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bandhas -
  • bandha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tataḥ -
  • tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    tata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    tan -> tata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
  • staram -
  • stara (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 62.9

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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