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).

विदध्याच्चतुरं हस्तमुत्तानं नियमे पुनः ।
किन्तु भ्रवं --- कुटिलां विनयं प्रति नाचरेत् ॥ १४३ ॥

vidadhyāccaturaṃ hastamuttānaṃ niyame punaḥ |
kintu bhravaṃ --- kuṭilāṃ vinayaṃ prati nācaret || 143 ||

The English translation of Verse 83.143 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 (83.143). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vida, Dha, Dhi, Dhya, Caturam, Catur, Catura, Hasta, Uttana, Niyama, Puna, Kim, Kutila, Vinaya, Prati, Nri,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 83.143). 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: “vidadhyāccaturaṃ hastamuttānaṃ niyame punaḥ
  • vida -
  • vida (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vida (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vid (verb class 2)
    [perfect active second plural]
  • dhyā -
  • dhi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    dhī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    dhā (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    dhyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • āc -
  • āt (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    a (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • caturam -
  • caturam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    catura (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    catura (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    caturā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    catur (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • hastam -
  • hasta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    hasta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    hastā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • uttānam -
  • uttāna (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    uttāna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    uttānā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • niyame -
  • niyama (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • punaḥ -
  • pu (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    puna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 2: “kintu bhravaṃ --- kuṭilāṃ vinayaṃ prati nācaret
  • kin -
  • kim (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    kim (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • Cannot analyse bhravam*ku
  • kuṭilām -
  • kuṭilā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • vinayam -
  • vinaya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vinaya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    vinayā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • prati -
  • prati (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    prati (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    pratī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    pratī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    pratī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    nṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • caret -
  • car (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 83.143

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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