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).

शतबाहुः कदाचिद्वा सहस्रभुज एव च ।
रौद्र रूपो गणवृतः सिंहचर्मोत्तरीयकः ॥ १५ ॥

śatabāhuḥ kadācidvā sahasrabhuja eva ca |
raudra rūpo gaṇavṛtaḥ siṃhacarmottarīyakaḥ || 15 ||

The English translation of Verse 77.15 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 (77.15). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shatabahu, Kadacit, Sahasrabhuja, Eva, Raudra, Rupa, Gana, Vrit, Vrita, Simhacarman, Simhacarma, Uttariya, Kah,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 77.15). 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: “śatabāhuḥ kadācidvā sahasrabhuja eva ca
  • śatabāhuḥ -
  • śatabāhu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    śatabāhu (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • kadācid -
  • kadācit (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
  • -
  • (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • sahasrabhuja* -
  • sahasrabhuja (noun, masculine)
    [nominative 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 2: “raudra rūpo gaṇavṛtaḥ siṃhacarmottarīyakaḥ
  • raudra -
  • raudra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    raudra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • rūpo* -
  • rūpa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • gaṇa -
  • gaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vṛtaḥ -
  • vṛt (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    vṛt (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    vṛta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    vṛ -> vṛta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √vṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √vṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √vṛ class 9 verb]
    vṛ -> vṛta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √vṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √vṛ class 9 verb]
  • siṃhacarmo -
  • siṃhacarman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    siṃhacarma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    siṃhacarma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • uttarīya -
  • uttarīya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kaḥ -
  • kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    ka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 77.15

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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