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).

अग्रभद्रं विधातव्यं चतुस्तम्भविभूषितम् ।
पृष्ठतश्च भवेदेवं संसृतिश्चैत्रमण्डपे ॥ १६ ॥

agrabhadraṃ vidhātavyaṃ catustambhavibhūṣitam |
pṛṣṭhataśca bhavedevaṃ saṃsṛtiścaitramaṇḍape || 16 ||

The English translation of Verse 66.16 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 (66.16). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Agrabhadra, Vidhatavya, Catu, Catus, Bhavin, Bhushita, Prishthatah, Evam, Eva, Samsriti, Caitra, Anda,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 66.16). 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: “agrabhadraṃ vidhātavyaṃ catustambhavibhūṣitam
  • agrabhadram -
  • agrabhadra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    agrabhadra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • vidhātavyam -
  • vidhātavya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vidhātavya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    vidhātavyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • catus -
  • 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]
  • tam -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    tan (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • bhavi -
  • bhavin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    bhavin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • bhūṣitam -
  • bhūṣ -> bhūṣita (participle, masculine)
    [adverb from √bhūṣ]
    bhūṣ -> bhūṣita (participle, neuter)
    [adverb from √bhūṣ]
    bhūṣ -> bhūṣitā (participle, feminine)
    [adverb from √bhūṣ]
    bhūṣ -> bhūṣita (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √bhūṣ]
    bhūṣ -> bhūṣita (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √bhūṣ], [accusative single from √bhūṣ]
  • Line 2: “pṛṣṭhataśca bhavedevaṃ saṃsṛtiścaitramaṇḍape
  • pṛṣṭhataś -
  • pṛṣṭhataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bhaved -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • evam -
  • evam (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    evam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    evā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • saṃsṛtiś -
  • saṃsṛti (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • caitram -
  • caitra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    caitra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    caitrā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • aṇḍa -
  • aṇḍa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pe -
  • pa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    pa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 66.16

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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