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).

वर्णगव्यक्तिया यादृग्यादृशो वर्तनाक्रमः ।
नानोन्मानविधिश्चैव नवस्थाने विधिस्तथा ॥ ३ ॥

varṇagavyaktiyā yādṛgyādṛśo vartanākramaḥ |
nānonmānavidhiścaiva navasthāne vidhistathā || 3 ||

The English translation of Verse 71.3 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 (71.3). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Varna, Varnan, Gavi, Gavya, Yadrish, Yadrisha, Vartana, Akrama, Nana, Unmana, Vidhi, Navasthana, Tatha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 71.3). 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: “varṇagavyaktiyā yādṛgyādṛśo vartanākramaḥ
  • varṇa -
  • varṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    varṇa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    varṇan (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    varṇan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • gavya -
  • gavī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    gavya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    gavya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    go (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    gu -> gavya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √gu class 1 verb], [vocative single from √gu class 6 verb]
    gu -> gavya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √gu class 1 verb], [vocative single from √gu class 6 verb]
  • akti -
  • akti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • yā* -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
  • yādṛg -
  • yādṛś (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    yādṛś (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • yādṛśo* -
  • yādṛś (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    yādṛś (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    yādṛśa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • vartanā -
  • vartana (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vartana (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vartanā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • akramaḥ -
  • akrama (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    kram (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active second single]
  • Line 2: “nānonmānavidhiścaiva navasthāne vidhistathā
  • nāno -
  • nāna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nānā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • unmāna -
  • unmāna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    unmāna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vidhiś -
  • vidhi (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    vidhi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • cai -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • navasthāne -
  • navasthāna (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • vidhis -
  • vidhi (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    vidhi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tathā -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 71.3

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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