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).

ग्रीवायाङ्गुल्यमध्येन मध्यसूत्रं तदुच्यते ।
भागे हिक्कामध्यसूत्रादण्डमूलं कलाद्वये ॥ १३१ ॥

grīvāyāṅgulyamadhyena madhyasūtraṃ taducyate |
bhāge hikkāmadhyasūtrādaṇḍamūlaṃ kalādvaye || 131 ||

The English translation of Verse 79.131 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 (79.131). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Griva, Anguli, Amadhya, Madhyasutra, Tad, Tat, Ucyat, Bhaga, Dha, Dhi, Asu, Tra, Anda, Mula, Kaladvaya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 79.131). 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: “grīvāyāṅgulyamadhyena madhyasūtraṃ taducyate
  • grīvāyā -
  • grīva (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
  • aṅgulya -
  • aṅguli (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    aṅgulī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • amadhyena -
  • amadhya (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    amadhya (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • madhyasūtram -
  • madhyasūtra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • tad -
  • tad (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • ucyate -
  • uc -> ucyat (participle, masculine)
    [dative single from √uc class 4 verb]
    uc -> ucyat (participle, neuter)
    [dative single from √uc class 4 verb]
    vac (verb class 2)
    [present passive third single]
    vac (verb class 3)
    [present passive third single]
  • Line 2: “bhāge hikkāmadhyasūtrādaṇḍamūlaṃ kalādvaye
  • bhāge -
  • bhāga (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhāga (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    bhāgā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • hikkāma -
  • hikk (verb class 1)
    [imperative active first plural]
  • dhya -
  • dhi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    dhī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    dhā (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • asū -
  • asū (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    asū (noun, feminine)
    [compound]
    asu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • trād -
  • tra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    tra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • aṇḍa -
  • aṇḍa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • mūlam -
  • mūla (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    mūla (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    mūlā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • kalādvaye -
  • kalādvaya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    kalādvaya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 79.131

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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