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).

रुचकस्य तुखायामद्याम प्रोक्तः सार्धदशाङ्गुलः ।
ग्रीवाङ्गुलत्रयं सार्धमायामेनास्य कीर्तिता ॥ १५ ॥

rucakasya tukhāyāmadyāma proktaḥ sārdhadaśāṅgulaḥ |
grīvāṅgulatrayaṃ sārdhamāyāmenāsya kīrtitā || 15 ||

The English translation of Verse 81.15 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 (81.15). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Rucaka, Tuc, Tuj, Tuk, Prokta, Sardha, Dashangula, Griva, Angula, Traya, Sardham, Ayama, Idam, Kirtita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 81.15). 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: “rucakasya tukhāyāmadyāma proktaḥ sārdhadaśāṅgulaḥ
  • rucakasya -
  • rucaka (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    rucaka (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • tuk -
  • tuc (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    tuj (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    tuj (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    tuj (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    tuk (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • hāyām -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • adyāma -
  • ad (verb class 2)
    [optative active first plural]
    (verb class 4)
    [imperfect active first plural]
  • proktaḥ -
  • prokta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sārdha -
  • sārdha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sārdha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • daśāṅgulaḥ -
  • daśāṅgula (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “grīvāṅgulatrayaṃ sārdhamāyāmenāsya kīrtitā
  • grīvā -
  • grīva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    grīvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aṅgula -
  • aṅgula (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • trayam -
  • traya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    traya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • sārdham -
  • sārdham (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sārdha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sārdha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sārdhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • āyāmenā -
  • āyāma (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • asya -
  • as -> asya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √as]
    a (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    idam (pronoun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    idam (pronoun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    as (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single]
  • kīrtitā -
  • kīrtitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    kīrt -> kīrtitā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √kīrt class 10 verb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 81.15

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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