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).

स्तरैः स्यात्पञ्चदशभिः पीठं जङ्घापि तावता ।
चतुःस्तरा भवेन्माला लशुनं तु स्तरद्वयम् ॥ २४ ॥

staraiḥ syātpañcadaśabhiḥ pīṭhaṃ jaṅghāpi tāvatā |
catuḥstarā bhavenmālā laśunaṃ tu staradvayam || 24 ||

The English translation of Verse 64.24 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 (64.24). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Stara, Syat, Sya, Pancadashan, Pitha, Jangha, Api, Tavata, Tavat, Catu, Catus, Mala, Lashuna, Dvayam, Dvaya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 64.24). 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: “staraiḥ syātpañcadaśabhiḥ pīṭhaṃ jaṅghāpi tāvatā
  • staraiḥ -
  • stara (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • syāt -
  • syāt (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    syāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [optative active third single]
  • pañcadaśabhiḥ -
  • pañcadaśan (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    pañcadaśan (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • pīṭham -
  • pīṭha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pīṭha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • jaṅghā -
  • jaṅgha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    jaṅghā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • tāvatā -
  • tāvatā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tāvat (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    tāvat (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • Line 2: “catuḥstarā bhavenmālā laśunaṃ tu staradvayam
  • catuḥ -
  • catur (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    catus (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    catu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    catu (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • starā* -
  • stara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • bhaven -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • mālā* -
  • māla (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    mālā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • laśunam -
  • laśuna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • stara -
  • stara (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dvayam -
  • dvayam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    dvaya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dvaya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 64.24

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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