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).

अष्टाशीत्यङ्गुलो हंसस्यायामः परिकीर्तितः ।
विज्ञेया वृद्धिरन्येषां चतुर्णां द्व्यङ्गुलक्रमात् ॥ ३ ॥

aṣṭāśītyaṅgulo haṃsasyāyāmaḥ parikīrtitaḥ |
vijñeyā vṛddhiranyeṣāṃ caturṇāṃ dvyaṅgulakramāt || 3 ||

The English translation of Verse 81.3 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 (81.3). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ashtashiti, Angula, Hamsa, Ayama, Parikirtita, Vijneya, Vriddhi, Ani, Anya, Idam, Dvyangula, Kramat, Krama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 81.3). 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: “aṣṭāśītyaṅgulo haṃsasyāyāmaḥ parikīrtitaḥ
  • aṣṭāśītya -
  • aṣṭāśīti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • aṅgulo* -
  • aṅgula (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • haṃsasyā -
  • haṃsa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
  • ayāmaḥ -
  • ayāma (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • parikīrtitaḥ -
  • parikīrtita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “vijñeyā vṛddhiranyeṣāṃ caturṇāṃ dvyaṅgulakramāt
  • vijñeyā* -
  • vijñeya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    vijñeyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • vṛddhir -
  • vṛddhi (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    vṛddhi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • anye -
  • ani (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    anī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    anya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    anyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • eṣām -
  • idam (pronoun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    idam (pronoun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
  • catur -
  • catur (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
  • ṇā -
  • ṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • am -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    e (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • dvyaṅgula -
  • dvyaṅgula (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dvyaṅgula (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kramāt -
  • kramāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    krama (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 81.3

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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