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).

रेखान्तरेषु मांशस्य नर्थाशे पूर्वकसम्मितम् ।
खातं कुर्वीत रेखायां विस्तारं च विचक्षणः ॥ ११ ॥

rekhāntareṣu māṃśasya narthāśe pūrvakasammitam |
khātaṃ kurvīta rekhāyāṃ vistāraṃ ca vicakṣaṇaḥ || 11 ||

The English translation of Verse 70.11 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 (70.11). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Rekhantara, Asmad, Sha, Shasya, Purvaka, Sammitam, Sammita, Khata, Rekha, Vistara, Vicakshana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 70.11). 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: “rekhāntareṣu māṃśasya narthāśe pūrvakasammitam
  • rekhāntareṣu -
  • rekhāntara (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • māṃ -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [accusative single]
  • śasya -
  • śasya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śasya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śaṃs -> śasya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √śaṃs]
    śas -> śasya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √śas]
    śa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    śa (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    śaṃs -> śasya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √śaṃs class 1 verb]
    śaṃs -> śasya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √śaṃs class 1 verb]
  • Cannot analyse narthāśe*pū
  • pūrvaka -
  • pūrvaka (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pūrvaka (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sammitam -
  • sammitam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sammita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sammita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sammitā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “khātaṃ kurvīta rekhāyāṃ vistāraṃ ca vicakṣaṇaḥ
  • khātam -
  • khāta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    khāta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    khātā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    khan -> khāta (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √khan class 1 verb]
    khan -> khāta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √khan class 1 verb], [accusative single from √khan class 1 verb]
  • kurvīta -
  • kṛ (verb class 8)
    [optative middle third single]
  • rekhāyām -
  • rekhā (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • vistāram -
  • vistāra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vicakṣaṇaḥ -
  • vicakṣaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 70.11

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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