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).

जान्वर्धे मध्यसूत्रं स्याद्भागो लेखा च जानुतः ।
भवेदुभयतः सूत्रं जङ्घा मध्ये च कीर्तता ॥ १४० ॥

jānvardhe madhyasūtraṃ syādbhāgo lekhā ca jānutaḥ |
bhavedubhayataḥ sūtraṃ jaṅghā madhye ca kīrtatā || 140 ||

The English translation of Verse 79.140 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 (79.140). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Janu, Ardhe, Ardha, Madhyasutra, Syat, Sya, Bhaga, Lekha, Tas, Ubhayatah, Ubhayatas, Sutra, Jangha, Madhye, Madhya, Tata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 79.140). 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: “jānvardhe madhyasūtraṃ syādbhāgo lekhā ca jānutaḥ
  • jānva -
  • jānu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • ardhe -
  • ardhe (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ardha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [locative single]
    ardha (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    ardhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • madhyasūtram -
  • madhyasūtra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • syād -
  • syāt (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    syāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [optative active third single]
  • bhāgo* -
  • bhāga (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • lekhā -
  • lekhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • jānu -
  • jānu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • taḥ -
  • tas (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “bhavedubhayataḥ sūtraṃ jaṅghā madhye ca kīrtatā
  • bhaved -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • ubhayataḥ -
  • ubhayataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ubhayatas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • sūtram -
  • sūtra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • jaṅghā* -
  • jaṅgha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    jaṅghā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • 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]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kīr -
  • tatā -
  • tatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    tan -> tatā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 79.140

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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