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).

उच्छ्रायव्यासदीर्घत्वैः कैः केऽस्यां कुलभूभृतः ।
कति ख्यातानि वर्षाणि द्वीपा नद्योऽब्धयस्तथा ॥ ६ ॥

ucchrāyavyāsadīrghatvaiḥ kaiḥ ke'syāṃ kulabhūbhṛtaḥ |
kati khyātāni varṣāṇi dvīpā nadyo'bdhayastathā || 6 ||

The English translation of Verse 3.6 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 (3.6). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ucchraya, Vyasa, Dirghatva, Kah, Kim, Asi, Iyam, Idam, Kulabhubhrit, Khyata, Varsha, Dvipa, Nadi, Nadya, Abdhi, Tatha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 3.6). 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: “ucchrāyavyāsadīrghatvaiḥ kaiḥ ke'syāṃ kulabhūbhṛtaḥ
  • ucchrāya -
  • ucchrāya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vyāsa -
  • vyāsa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vyāsa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dīrghatvaiḥ -
  • dīrghatva (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • kaiḥ -
  • ka (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    ka (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • ke' -
  • ka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    ka (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • asyām -
  • asi (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    asī (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    iyam (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    idam (pronoun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • kulabhūbhṛtaḥ -
  • kulabhūbhṛt (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 2: “kati khyātāni varṣāṇi dvīpā nadyo'bdhayastathā
  • kati -
  • kati (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • khyātāni -
  • khyāta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    khyā -> khyāta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √khyā class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √khyā class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √khyā class 2 verb]
  • varṣāṇi -
  • varṣa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    vṛṣ (verb class 1)
    [imperative active first single]
  • dvīpā* -
  • dvīpa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • nadyo' -
  • nadī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    nad -> nadya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √nad]
  • abdhayas -
  • abdhi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • tathā -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 3.6

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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