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).

सार्धैर्द्वादशभिर्मूलमूर्वोरथो मतोऽङ्गुलैः ।
पञ्चाङ्गुलं निर्गमस्तत् --- स्यात्सप्त च पृष्ठतः ॥ १६१ ॥

sārdhairdvādaśabhirmūlamūrvoratho mato'ṅgulaiḥ |
pañcāṅgulaṃ nirgamastat --- syātsapta ca pṛṣṭhataḥ || 161 ||

The English translation of Verse 79.161 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 (79.161). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sardha, Dvadashan, Mula, Uru, Ratha, Mata, Matu, Angula, Pancangula, Nirgama, Tat, Tad, Syat, Sya, Sapta, Saptan, Prishthatah,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 79.161). 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: “sārdhairdvādaśabhirmūlamūrvoratho mato'ṅgulaiḥ
  • sārdhair -
  • sārdha (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    sārdha (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • dvādaśabhir -
  • dvādaśan (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    dvādaśan (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • mūlam -
  • mūla (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    mūla (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    mūlā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ūrvor -
  • ūru (noun, masculine)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
  • ratho* -
  • ratha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • mato' -
  • mata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    man -> mata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √man class 4 verb], [nominative single from √man class 8 verb]
    matu (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    matu (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • aṅgulaiḥ -
  • aṅgula (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • Line 2: “pañcāṅgulaṃ nirgamastat --- syātsapta ca pṛṣṭhataḥ
  • pañcāṅgulam -
  • pañcāṅgula (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pañcāṅgula (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    pañcāṅgulā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • nirgamas -
  • nirgama (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tat -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • syāt -
  • syāt (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    syāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [optative active third single]
  • sapta -
  • sapta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sapta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    saptan (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    saptan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sap -> sapta (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √sap class 1 verb]
    sap -> sapta (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √sap class 1 verb]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pṛṣṭhataḥ -
  • pṛṣṭhataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 79.161

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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