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).

पपापपावरावापी वज्ज चन्द्र कला स्मृता ।
संवर्ता नन्दिकावर्ते चैताः साधारणा मताः ॥ १०४ ॥

papāpapāvarāvāpī vajja candra kalā smṛtā |
saṃvartā nandikāvarte caitāḥ sādhāraṇā matāḥ || 104 ||

The English translation of Verse 70.104 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 (70.104). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Apapa, Aravan, Candra, Kala, Smrita, Samvarta, Nandikavarta, Eta, Esha, Sadharana, Mata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 70.104). 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: “papāpapāvarāvāpī vajja candra kalā smṛtā
  • papā -
  • (verb class 1)
    [perfect active second plural]
    (verb class 2)
    [perfect active second plural]
    (verb class 2)
    [perfect active second plural]
    (verb class 3)
    [perfect active second plural]
    pai (verb class 1)
    [perfect active second plural]
  • apapāva -
  • apapa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    (verb class 3)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • arāvā -
  • arāvan (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    arāvan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • apī -
  • ap (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • Cannot analyse vajja*ca
  • candra -
  • candra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    candra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kalā -
  • kalā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • smṛtā -
  • smṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    smṛ -> smṛtā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]
  • Line 2: “saṃvartā nandikāvarte caitāḥ sādhāraṇā matāḥ
  • saṃvartā* -
  • saṃvarta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    saṃvartā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • nandikāvarte -
  • nandikāvarta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • cai -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • etāḥ -
  • eta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    etā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    eṣā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
  • sādhāraṇā* -
  • sādhāraṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • matāḥ -
  • mata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    matā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    man -> mata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √man class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √man class 4 verb], [nominative plural from √man class 8 verb], [vocative plural from √man class 8 verb]
    man -> matā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √man class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √man class 4 verb], [accusative plural from √man class 4 verb], [nominative plural from √man class 8 verb], [vocative plural from √man class 8 verb], [accusative plural from √man class 8 verb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 70.104

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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