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).

षडङ्गुलप्रवेशस्तु कार्यश्छेदस्य धीमता ।
यथा प्रवेश --- छेदस्यापि तथा भवेत् ॥ १२९ ॥

ṣaḍaṅgulapraveśastu kāryaśchedasya dhīmatā |
yathā praveśa --- chedasyāpi tathā bhavet || 129 ||

The English translation of Verse 62.129 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 (62.129). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shadangula, Pravesha, Kari, Karya, Cheda, Dhimat, Dhimata, Yatha, Api, Tatha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 62.129). 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: “ṣaḍaṅgulapraveśastu kāryaśchedasya dhīmatā
  • ṣaḍaṅgula -
  • ṣaḍaṅgula (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ṣaḍaṅgula (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • praveśas -
  • praveśa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • kāryaś -
  • kārī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    kārya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    kṛ -> kārya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kārya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √kṛ class 3 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 6 verb]
    kṝ -> kārya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √kṝ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṝ class 9 verb]
  • chedasya -
  • cheda (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    cheda (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • dhīmatā -
  • dhīmat (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    dhīmat (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    dhīmatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “yathā praveśa --- chedasyāpi tathā bhavet
  • yathā -
  • yathā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    yathā (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • praveśa -
  • praveśa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • chedasyā -
  • cheda (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    cheda (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • 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]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 62.129

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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