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).

कनिष्ठाङ्गुष्ठकावूर्ध्वे तदासौ मृगशीर्षकः ।
इह साम्प्रतमस्तथेत्यत्ना प्रयोजयेत् ॥ १३१ ॥

kaniṣṭhāṅguṣṭhakāvūrdhve tadāsau mṛgaśīrṣakaḥ |
iha sāmpratamastathetyatnā prayojayet || 131 ||

The English translation of Verse 83.131 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 (83.131). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kanishtha, Angushtha, Kah, Urdhva, Tada, Asi, Asu, Adah, Mrigashirsha, Mrigashirshan, Iha, Sampratam, Samprata, Asta, Tha, Iti, Itya, Prayas,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 83.131). 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: “kaniṣṭhāṅguṣṭhakāvūrdhve tadāsau mṛgaśīrṣakaḥ
  • kaniṣṭhā -
  • kaniṣṭha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kaniṣṭha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kaniṣṭhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aṅguṣṭha -
  • aṅguṣṭha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    aṅguṣṭha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kāvū -
  • ku (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    ka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ūrdhve -
  • ūrdhva (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ūrdhva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    ūrdhvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • tadā -
  • tadā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tadā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • asau -
  • asi (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    asi (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    asu (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    adaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    adaḥ (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • mṛgaśīrṣa -
  • mṛgaśīrṣa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    mṛgaśīrṣa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    mṛgaśīrṣan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • kaḥ -
  • kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    ka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “iha sāmpratamastathetyatnā prayojayet
  • iha -
  • iha (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • sāmpratam -
  • sāmpratam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sāmprata (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sāmprata (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sāmpratā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • asta -
  • asta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    asta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • the -
  • tha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    tha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • itya -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    itya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    itya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    i -> itya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √i]
    i -> itya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
    i -> itya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
  • atnā -
  • prayo -
  • prayas (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    prayas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • jayet -
  • ji (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 83.131

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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