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).

अङ्गुलीनां नखान् कुर्यात् खं पञ्चत्र्यंशसंमितान् ।
कुर्वीताङ्गुलकोत्सेधं त्रिभ्यन्वित्तमङ्गुलाम् ॥ ३४ ॥

aṅgulīnāṃ nakhān kuryāt khaṃ pañcatryaṃśasaṃmitān |
kurvītāṅgulakotsedhaṃ tribhyanvittamaṅgulām || 34 ||

The English translation of Verse 76.34 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 (76.34). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Anguli, Nakha, Kham, Kha, Pancat, Amsha, Mita, Angula, Utsedha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 76.34). 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: “aṅgulīnāṃ nakhān kuryāt khaṃ pañcatryaṃśasaṃmitān
  • aṅgulīnām -
  • aṅguli (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
    aṅgulī (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • nakhān -
  • nakha (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • kuryāt -
  • kṛ (verb class 8)
    [optative active third single]
  • kham -
  • kham (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    khā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • pañcat -
  • pañcat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    pañcat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    pañc -> pañcat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √pañc class 1 verb], [vocative single from √pañc class 1 verb], [accusative single from √pañc class 1 verb]
  • rya -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    rai (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
  • aṃśa -
  • aṃśa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • saṃ -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • mitān -
  • mita (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
    -> mita (participle, masculine)
    [accusative plural from √ class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √ class 3 verb], [accusative plural from √ class 4 verb]
    mi -> mita (participle, masculine)
    [accusative plural from √mi class 5 verb]
  • Line 2: “kurvītāṅgulakotsedhaṃ tribhyanvittamaṅgulām
  • kurvītā -
  • kṛ (verb class 8)
    [optative middle third single]
  • aṅgula -
  • aṅgula (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ko -
  • (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    ka (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ku (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • utsedham -
  • utsedha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    utsedha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • Cannot analyse tribhyanvittamaṅgulām

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 76.34

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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