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).

गणिकन्तं शिरसो मानं भवेद्द्वात्रिंशदङ्गुलम् ।
कर्णयोर्मध्ये मष्टकोऽष्टादशाङ्गुलः ॥ २७ ॥

gaṇikantaṃ śiraso mānaṃ bhaveddvātriṃśadaṅgulam |
karṇayormadhye maṣṭako'ṣṭādaśāṅgulaḥ || 27 ||

The English translation of Verse 76.27 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 (76.27). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ganika, Shiras, Mana, Dvatrimshat, Angula, Karna, Madhye, Madhya, Mashta, Kah, Ashtadasha, Ashtadashan,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 76.27). 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: “gaṇikantaṃ śiraso mānaṃ bhaveddvātriṃśadaṅgulam
  • gaṇikan -
  • gaṇika (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    gaṇika (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • tam -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    tan (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • śiraso* -
  • śiras (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • mānam -
  • māna (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    māna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    man -> māna (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √man class 4 verb], [accusative single from √man class 8 verb]
    man -> māna (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √man class 4 verb], [accusative single from √man class 4 verb], [nominative single from √man class 8 verb], [accusative single from √man class 8 verb]
  • bhaved -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • dvātriṃśad -
  • dvātriṃśat (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • aṅgulam -
  • aṅgula (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “karṇayormadhye maṣṭako'ṣṭādaśāṅgulaḥ
  • karṇayor -
  • karṇa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
    karṇā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
  • madhye -
  • madhye (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    madhya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    madhya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    madhyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • maṣṭa -
  • maṣ -> maṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √maṣ class 1 verb]
    maṣ -> maṣṭa (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √maṣ class 1 verb]
    maś -> maṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √maś class 1 verb]
    maś -> maṣṭa (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √maś class 1 verb]
  • ko' -
  • kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    ku (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    ka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • aṣṭādaśā -
  • aṣṭādaśa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    aṣṭādaśa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    aṣṭādaśan (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    aṣṭādaśan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    aṣṭādaśā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aṅgulaḥ -
  • aṅgula (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 76.27

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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