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).

चतुर्भागा भवेद्घण्टा गुणद्वारसमन्विता ।
द्विस्तरं कारयेत्कुम्भं घण्टायाः स्थितमूर्ध्वतः ॥ ९३ ॥

caturbhāgā bhavedghaṇṭā guṇadvārasamanvitā |
dvistaraṃ kārayetkumbhaṃ ghaṇṭāyāḥ sthitamūrdhvataḥ || 93 ||

The English translation of Verse 62.93 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 (62.93). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Caturbhaga, Ghanta, Guna, Dvara, Samanvita, Dvih, Tara, Kumbha, Sthita, Urdhvatah, Urdhvatas,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 62.93). 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: “caturbhāgā bhavedghaṇṭā guṇadvārasamanvitā
  • caturbhāgā* -
  • caturbhāga (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    caturbhāgā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • bhaved -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • ghaṇṭā* -
  • ghaṇṭa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    ghaṇṭā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • guṇa -
  • guṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dvāra -
  • dvāra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dvāra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • samanvitā -
  • samanvitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “dvistaraṃ kārayetkumbhaṃ ghaṇṭāyāḥ sthitamūrdhvataḥ
  • dvis -
  • dviḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    dviḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • taram -
  • tara (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    tara (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    tarā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • kārayet -
  • kṛ (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • kumbham -
  • kumbha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kumbha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    kumbhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ghaṇṭāyāḥ -
  • ghaṇṭā (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • sthitam -
  • sthita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sthita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sthitā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    sthā -> sthita (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √sthā class 1 verb]
    sthā -> sthita (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √sthā class 1 verb], [accusative single from √sthā class 1 verb]
  • ūrdhvataḥ -
  • ūrdhvataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ūrdhvatas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 62.93

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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