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).

पुष्पसंस्थे च माशासु विहिते चतसृष्वपि ।
चतुर्मुखं भवेल्लिङ्गमर्चितं सर्वकामदम् ॥ १७ ॥

puṣpasaṃsthe ca māśāsu vihite catasṛṣvapi |
caturmukhaṃ bhavelliṅgamarcitaṃ sarvakāmadam || 17 ||

The English translation of Verse 70.17 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 (70.17). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pushpasa, Stha, Asmad, Asha, Vihita, Vihiti, Catasri, Api, Caturmukha, Linga, Arcita, Sarvakamada,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 70.17). 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: “puṣpasaṃsthe ca māśāsu vihite catasṛṣvapi
  • puṣpasaṃ -
  • puṣpasa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • sthe -
  • stha (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    stha (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    sthā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    sthā (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • -
  • (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    ma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [accusative single]
  • āśāsu -
  • āśā (noun, feminine)
    [locative plural]
  • vihite -
  • vihita (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    vihita (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    vihitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    vihiti (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • catasṛṣva -
  • catasṛ (noun, feminine)
    [locative plural]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    api (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • Line 2: “caturmukhaṃ bhavelliṅgamarcitaṃ sarvakāmadam
  • caturmukham -
  • caturmukha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    caturmukha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    caturmukhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • bhavel -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • liṅgam -
  • liṅga (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    liṅgā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • arcitam -
  • arcita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    arcita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    arcitā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    ṛc -> arcita (participle, masculine)
    [adverb from √ṛc]
    ṛc -> arcita (participle, neuter)
    [adverb from √ṛc]
    ṛc -> arcitā (participle, feminine)
    [adverb from √ṛc]
    ṛc -> arcita (participle, masculine)
    [adverb from √ṛc]
    ṛc -> arcita (participle, neuter)
    [adverb from √ṛc]
    ṛc -> arcitā (participle, feminine)
    [adverb from √ṛc]
    ṛc -> arcita (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √ṛc]
    ṛc -> arcita (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √ṛc], [accusative single from √ṛc]
    ṛc -> arcita (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √ṛc]
    ṛc -> arcita (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √ṛc], [accusative single from √ṛc]
  • sarvakāmadam -
  • sarvakāmada (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sarvakāmadā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 70.17

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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