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).

जङ्घा भवेच्चतुर्थी स सार्धां त्रे करत्रयम् ।
पूर्वमानेन कुर्वीत कूटप्रस्तारमूर्ध्वतः ॥ १७८ ॥

jaṅghā bhaveccaturthī sa sārdhāṃ tre karatrayam |
pūrvamānena kurvīta kūṭaprastāramūrdhvataḥ || 178 ||

The English translation of Verse 62.178 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 (62.178). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Jangha, Caturthi, Sardha, Tra, Tri, Karat, Raya, Purvam, Purva, Ana, Kuta, Prastara, Urdhvatah, Urdhvatas,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 62.178). 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: “jaṅghā bhaveccaturthī sa sārdhāṃ tre karatrayam
  • jaṅghā* -
  • jaṅgha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    jaṅghā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • bhavec -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • caturthī -
  • caturthī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sārdhām -
  • sārdhā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • tre -
  • tra (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    tra (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    trā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tri (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • karat -
  • kṛ -> karat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 1 verb]
  • rayam -
  • raya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “pūrvamānena kurvīta kūṭaprastāramūrdhvataḥ
  • pūrvam -
  • pūrvam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    pūrva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pūrva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • ānena -
  • āna (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • kurvīta -
  • kṛ (verb class 8)
    [optative middle third single]
  • kūṭa -
  • kūṭa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kūṭa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • prastāram -
  • prastāra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • 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 62.178

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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