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).

प्राग्ग्रीवपार्श्वयोअर्दद्यादुच्छ्रायोर्ध्वपदस्थितौ ।
वोतयेनौ वा कुर्वीत वर्धमानस्तथा भवेत् ॥ ४६ ॥

prāggrīvapārśvayoardadyāducchrāyordhvapadasthitau |
votayenau vā kurvīta vardhamānastathā bhavet || 46 ||

The English translation of Verse 66.46 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 (66.46). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Praggriva, Ucchraya, Urdhva, Padasthita, Vardhamana, Tatha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 66.46). 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: “prāggrīvapārśvayoardadyāducchrāyordhvapadasthitau
  • prāggrīva -
  • prāggrīva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prāggrīva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pārśvayo -
  • arda -
  • ard (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
    ard (verb class 6)
    [imperative active second single]
  • dyā -
  • (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single]
  • ad -
  • ad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    ad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • ucchrāyo -
  • ucchrāya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ūrdhva -
  • ūrdhva (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ūrdhva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ūrdhva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • padasthitau -
  • padasthita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • Line 2: “votayenau kurvīta vardhamānastathā bhavet
  • vo -
  • tayenau -
  • -
  • (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • kurvīta -
  • kṛ (verb class 8)
    [optative middle third single]
  • vardhamānas -
  • vardhamāna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    vṛdh -> vardhamāna (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √vṛdh class 1 verb]
  • tathā* -
  • tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    tatha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • bhavet -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 66.46

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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