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).

द्विहस्तं कारयेत्पीठं जङ्घां हस्तत्रयोच्छ्रिताम् ।
सार्धहस्तं भवेत्कूटं सर्वालङ्कारभूषितम् ॥ ६८ ॥

dvihastaṃ kārayetpīṭhaṃ jaṅghāṃ hastatrayocchritām |
sārdhahastaṃ bhavetkūṭaṃ sarvālaṅkārabhūṣitam || 68 ||

The English translation of Verse 62.68 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 (62.68). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dvihasta, Pitha, Jangha, Hastatraya, Ucchrita, Sardha, Hasta, Kuta, Sarvalankara, Bhushita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 62.68). 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: “dvihastaṃ kārayetpīṭhaṃ jaṅghāṃ hastatrayocchritām
  • dvihastam -
  • dvihasta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dvihasta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    dvihastā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • kārayet -
  • kṛ (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • pīṭham -
  • pīṭha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pīṭha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • jaṅghām -
  • jaṅghā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • hastatrayo -
  • hastatraya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    hastatraya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ucchritām -
  • ucchritā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “sārdhahastaṃ bhavetkūṭaṃ sarvālaṅkārabhūṣitam
  • sārdha -
  • sārdha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sārdha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • hastam -
  • hasta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    hasta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    hastā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • bhavet -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • kūṭam -
  • kūṭa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kūṭa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • sarvālaṅkāra -
  • sarvālaṅkāra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sarvālaṅkāra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bhūṣitam -
  • bhūṣ -> bhūṣita (participle, masculine)
    [adverb from √bhūṣ]
    bhūṣ -> bhūṣita (participle, neuter)
    [adverb from √bhūṣ]
    bhūṣ -> bhūṣitā (participle, feminine)
    [adverb from √bhūṣ]
    bhūṣ -> bhūṣita (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √bhūṣ]
    bhūṣ -> bhūṣita (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √bhūṣ], [accusative single from √bhūṣ]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 62.68

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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