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).

इति चतुरः ॥ मध्यमाङ्गुष्ठसन्दंशो वक्रा चैव प्रदेशिनी ।
ऊर्ध्वमन्ये प्रकीर्णो --- अङ्गुल्यो भ्रमरे करे ॥ १६० ॥

iti caturaḥ || madhyamāṅguṣṭhasandaṃśo vakrā caiva pradeśinī |
ūrdhvamanye prakīrṇo --- aṅgulyo bhramare kare || 160 ||

The English translation of Verse 83.160 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 (83.160). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Iti, Catur, Catura, Madhyama, Angushtha, Sandamsha, Vakra, Pradeshini, Urdhvam, Urdhva, Anya, Anguli, Bhramara, Kari, Kara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 83.160). 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: “iti caturaḥ |
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • caturaḥ -
  • catur (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    catura (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “madhyamāṅguṣṭhasandaṃśo vakrā caiva pradeśinī
  • madhyamā -
  • madhyama (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    madhyama (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    madhyamā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aṅguṣṭha -
  • aṅguṣṭha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    aṅguṣṭha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sandaṃśo* -
  • sandaṃśa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • vakrā -
  • vakrā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • cai -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • pradeśinī -
  • pradeśinī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
  • Line 3: “ūrdhvamanye prakīrṇo --- aṅgulyo bhramare kare
  • ūrdhvam -
  • ūrdhvam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ūrdhva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ūrdhva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    ūrdhvā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • anye -
  • anya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    anyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • prakīrṇo -
  • aṅgulyo* -
  • aṅgulī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • bhramare -
  • bhramara (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhramarā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • kare -
  • kari (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    kari (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    kara (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    kara (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    kṛ (verb class 1)
    [present middle first single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 83.160

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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