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).

समैः क्षणैः समैः स्तम्भैः समैश्चालिन्दकैर्युतः ।
समैः कर्णैश्च --- समद्र व्यविधानवान् ॥ २४ ॥

samaiḥ kṣaṇaiḥ samaiḥ stambhaiḥ samaiścālindakairyutaḥ |
samaiḥ karṇaiśca --- samadra vyavidhānavān || 24 ||

The English translation of Verse 66.24 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 (66.24). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sama, Kshana, Stambha, Alindaka, Yut, Yuta, Karna, Samad, Samat, Vya, Avidhana, Vat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 66.24). 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: “samaiḥ kṣaṇaiḥ samaiḥ stambhaiḥ samaiścālindakairyutaḥ
  • samaiḥ -
  • sama (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    sama (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • kṣaṇaiḥ -
  • kṣaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    kṣaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • samaiḥ -
  • sama (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    sama (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • stambhaiḥ -
  • stambha (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • samaiś -
  • sama (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    sama (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • alindakair -
  • alindaka (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • yutaḥ -
  • yut (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    yut (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    yuta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yu -> yuta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √yu class 2 verb], [nominative single from √yu class 6 verb], [nominative single from √yu class 9 verb]
    yu -> yuta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √yu class 3 verb]
    yu (verb class 2)
    [present active third dual]
  • Line 2: “samaiḥ karṇaiśca --- samadra vyavidhānavān
  • samaiḥ -
  • sama (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    sama (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • karṇaiś -
  • karṇa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • samad -
  • samad (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    sam -> samat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √sam class 1 verb], [vocative single from √sam class 1 verb], [accusative single from √sam class 1 verb]
  • ra -
  • ra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vya -
  • vi (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    vi (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    vi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    vi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ve (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    vya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • avidhāna -
  • avidhāna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vān -
  • va (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
    -> vāt (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √ class 2 verb], [vocative single from √ class 2 verb]
    -> vāt (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √ class 1 verb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 66.24

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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