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).

समराङ्गणसूत्रधार अध्यायसूची ।
अथ मण्डपलक्षणं नाम षट्षष्टितमोऽध्यायः ।
इदानीं मण्डपानष्टौ ब्रूमः प्रासादसंस्थितान् ।
प्रासादं कल्पयेद्पूर्वं भागशुद्धं सुलक्षणम् ॥ १ ॥

samarāṅgaṇasūtradhāra adhyāyasūcī |
atha maṇḍapalakṣaṇaṃ nāma ṣaṭṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ |
idānīṃ maṇḍapānaṣṭau brūmaḥ prāsādasaṃsthitān |
prāsādaṃ kalpayedpūrvaṃ bhāgaśuddhaṃ sulakṣaṇam || 1 ||

The English translation of Verse 66.1 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 (66.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Samaranganasutradhara, Adhyaya, Suci, Sucin, Atha, Mandapalakshana, Naman, Shatshashtitama, Idanim, Mandapa, Ashta, Ashti, Prasada, Samsthita, Bhaga, Shuddha, Sulakshana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 66.1). 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: “samarāṅgaṇasūtradhāra adhyāyasūcī
  • samarāṅgaṇasūtradhāra -
  • samarāṅgaṇasūtradhāra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    samarāṅgaṇasūtradhāra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • adhyāya -
  • adhyāya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sūcī -
  • sūcī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    sūcī (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    sūci (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    sūci (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    sūcin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “atha maṇḍapalakṣaṇaṃ nāma ṣaṭṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ
  • atha -
  • atha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • maṇḍapalakṣaṇam -
  • maṇḍapalakṣaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • nāma -
  • nāman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • ṣaṭṣaṣṭitamo' -
  • ṣaṭṣaṣṭitama (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • adhyāyaḥ -
  • adhyāya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    dhyā (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active second single]
  • Line 3: “idānīṃ maṇḍapānaṣṭau brūmaḥ prāsādasaṃsthitān
  • idānīm -
  • idānīm (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • maṇḍapān -
  • maṇḍapa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • aṣṭau -
  • aṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    aṣṭi (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    -> aṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [nominative dual from √ class 5 verb], [vocative dual from √ class 5 verb], [accusative dual from √ class 5 verb]
  • brūmaḥ -
  • brū (verb class 2)
    [present active first plural]
  • prāsāda -
  • prāsāda (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • saṃsthitān -
  • saṃsthita (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • Line 4: “prāsādaṃ kalpayedpūrvaṃ bhāgaśuddhaṃ sulakṣaṇam
  • prāsādam -
  • prāsāda (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • Cannot analyse kalpayedpūrvam*bh
  • bhāga -
  • bhāga (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bhāga (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śuddham -
  • śuddha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śuddha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    śuddhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    śudh -> śuddha (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √śudh class 1 verb], [accusative single from √śudh class 4 verb]
    śudh -> śuddha (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √śudh class 1 verb], [accusative single from √śudh class 1 verb], [nominative single from √śudh class 4 verb], [accusative single from √śudh class 4 verb]
  • sulakṣaṇam -
  • sulakṣaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sulakṣaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sulakṣaṇā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 66.1

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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