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).

मांसलेन शरीरेण ग्रीवासिरा अया --- ।
मांसलायातशाखा च नारी वृत्तेति सा मता ॥ ९४ ॥

māṃsalena śarīreṇa grīvāsirā ayā --- |
māṃsalāyātaśākhā ca nārī vṛtteti sā matā || 94 ||

The English translation of Verse 79.94 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 (79.94). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Mamsala, Sharira, Griva, Asira, Aya, Shakha, Nari, Vritta, Vritti, Iti, Mata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 79.94). 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: “māṃsalena śarīreṇa grīvāsirā ayā ---
  • māṃsalena -
  • māṃsala (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    māṃsala (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • śarīreṇa -
  • śarīra (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • grīvā -
  • grīva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    grīvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • asirā* -
  • asira (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • ayā -
  • ayā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    e (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • Line 2: “māṃsalāyātaśākhā ca nārī vṛtteti matā
  • māṃsalāyā -
  • māṃsala (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    māṃsala (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
  • ata -
  • at (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • śākhā -
  • śākhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • nārī -
  • nārī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    nāri (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • vṛtte -
  • vṛtta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    vṛtta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    vṛttā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    vṛtti (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    vṛt -> vṛtta (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √vṛt class 1 verb], [locative single from √vṛt class 1 verb]
    vṛt -> vṛtta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √vṛt class 1 verb], [vocative single from √vṛt class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √vṛt class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √vṛt class 1 verb], [locative single from √vṛt class 1 verb]
    vṛt -> vṛttā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √vṛt class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √vṛt class 1 verb], [vocative single from √vṛt class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √vṛt class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √vṛt class 1 verb]
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • sā* -
  • so (noun, feminine)
    [accusative plural]
  • matā -
  • matā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    man -> matā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √man class 4 verb], [nominative single from √man class 8 verb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 79.94

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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