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).

शालायाः शुण्डिकाग्रे तु त्रिपथा सैव जायते ।
चतुर्यातो प्रोक्ता कथ्यन्ते वृत्तजातयः ॥ १३५ ॥

śālāyāḥ śuṇḍikāgre tu tripathā saiva jāyate |
caturyāto proktā kathyante vṛttajātayaḥ || 135 ||

The English translation of Verse 69.135 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 (69.135). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shala, Shundika, Agre, Agra, Agri, Jayat, Catur, Atu, Prokta, Vritta, Jati, Jataya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 69.135). 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: “śālāyāḥ śuṇḍikāgre tu tripathā saiva jāyate
  • śālāyāḥ -
  • śālā (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • śuṇḍikā -
  • śuṇḍika (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śuṇḍikā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • agre -
  • agre (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    agra (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    agra (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    agrā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    agri (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • tripathā -
  • sai -
  • (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • jāyate -
  • jai -> jāyat (participle, masculine)
    [dative single from √jai class 1 verb]
    jai -> jāyat (participle, neuter)
    [dative single from √jai class 1 verb]
    jai (verb class 1)
    [present middle third single]
    jan (verb class 4)
    [present middle third single]
  • Line 2: “caturyāto proktā kathyante vṛttajātayaḥ
  • caturyā -
  • catur (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • āto -
  • ātu (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • proktā -
  • proktā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • kathyante -
  • kath (verb class 10)
    [present passive third plural]
  • vṛtta -
  • vṛtta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vṛtta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vṛt -> vṛtta (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √vṛt class 1 verb]
    vṛt -> vṛtta (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √vṛt class 1 verb]
  • jātayaḥ -
  • jāti (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    jātaya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 69.135

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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