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).

समराङ्गणसूत्रधार अध्यायसूची ।
अथ चित्रोद्देशो नामैकसप्ततितमोऽध्यायः ।
अथ प्रियं वितेऽस्माभिर्विन्यासश्चित्रकर्मणः ।
चित्रं हि सर्वशिल्पानां मुखं लोकस्य च प्रियम् ॥ १ ॥

samarāṅgaṇasūtradhāra adhyāyasūcī |
atha citroddeśo nāmaikasaptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ |
atha priyaṃ vite'smābhirvinyāsaścitrakarmaṇaḥ |
citraṃ hi sarvaśilpānāṃ mukhaṃ lokasya ca priyam || 1 ||

The English translation of Verse 71.1 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 (71.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Samaranganasutradhara, Adhyaya, Suci, Sucin, Atha, Citra, Uddesha, Naman, Ekasaptatitama, Priyam, Pri, Priya, Viti, Vita, Asmad, Vinyasa, Citrakarman, Citram, Sarva, Shilpa, Mukha, Loka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 71.1). 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: “samarāṅgaṇasūtradhāra adhyāyasūcī
  • samarāṅgaṇasūtradhāra -
  • samarāṅgaṇasūtradhāra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    samarāṅgaṇasūtradhāra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • adhyāya -
  • adhyāya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sūcī -
  • sūcī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    sūcī (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    sūci (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    sūci (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    sūcin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “atha citroddeśo nāmaikasaptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ
  • atha -
  • atha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • citro -
  • citra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    citra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    citrā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • uddeśo* -
  • uddeśa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • nāmai -
  • nāman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • ekasaptatitamo' -
  • ekasaptatitama (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • adhyāyaḥ -
  • adhyāya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    dhyā (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active second single]
  • Line 3: “atha priyaṃ vite'smābhirvinyāsaścitrakarmaṇaḥ
  • atha -
  • atha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • priyam -
  • priyam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    priya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    priya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    priyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    prī (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    prī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • vite' -
  • viti (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    vita (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    vita (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • asmābhir -
  • asmad (pronoun, none)
    [instrumental plural]
  • vinyāsaś -
  • vinyāsa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • citrakarmaṇaḥ -
  • citrakarman (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    citrakarman (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 4: “citraṃ hi sarvaśilpānāṃ mukhaṃ lokasya ca priyam
  • citram -
  • citram (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    citra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    citra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    citrā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • sarva -
  • sarva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sarva (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • śilpānām -
  • śilpa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    śilpa (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    śilpā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • mukham -
  • mukha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    mukha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • lokasya -
  • loka (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • priyam -
  • priyam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    priya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    priya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    priyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    prī (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    prī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 71.1

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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