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 प्रतिमालक्षणं नाम षट्सप्ततितमोऽध्यायः ।
प्रतिमानामथ ब्रूमो लक्षणं द्र व्यमेव च ।
सुवर्णरूप्यताम्राः स्युर्दारुलेखानि शक्तितः ॥ १ ॥

samarāṅgaṇasūtradhāra adhyāyasūcī |
atha pratimālakṣaṇaṃ nāma ṣaṭsaptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ |
pratimānāmatha brūmo lakṣaṇaṃ dra vyameva ca |
suvarṇarūpyatāmrāḥ syurdārulekhāni śaktitaḥ || 1 ||

The English translation of Verse 76.1 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 (76.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Samaranganasutradhara, Adhyaya, Suci, Sucin, Atha, Pratimalakshana, Naman, Shatsaptatitama, Pratima, Lakshana, Dra, Vya, Eva, Suvarna, Rai, Daru, Lekha, Ani, Shaktitah,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 76.1). 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 pratimālakṣaṇaṃ nāma ṣaṭsaptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ
  • atha -
  • atha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • pratimālakṣaṇam -
  • pratimālakṣaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • nāma -
  • nāman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • ṣaṭsaptatitamo' -
  • ṣaṭsaptatitama (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • adhyāyaḥ -
  • adhyāya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    dhyā (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active second single]
  • Line 3: “pratimānāmatha brūmo lakṣaṇaṃ dra vyameva ca
  • pratimānām -
  • pratimā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
    pratima (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    pratima (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
  • atha -
  • atha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • brūmo* -
  • brū (verb class 2)
    [present active first plural]
  • lakṣaṇam -
  • lakṣaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    lakṣaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    lakṣaṇā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • dra -
  • dra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vyam -
  • vya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 4: “suvarṇarūpyatāmrāḥ syurdārulekhāni śaktitaḥ
  • suvarṇa -
  • suvarṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    suvarṇa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • rūpyatām -
  • rūp (verb class 10)
    [imperative passive third single]
  • rāḥ -
  • ra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    rai (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • syur -
  • as (verb class 2)
    [optative active third plural]
  • dāru -
  • dāru (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    dāru (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    dāru (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • lekhā -
  • lekha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    lekhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    lakh (verb class 1)
    [perfect active second plural]
  • ani -
  • ani (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    anī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
  • śaktitaḥ -
  • śaktitaḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 76.1

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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