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).

चित्राम्बरावृताः सर्वे नानाभरणशालिनः ।
विमानाकृतयस्तेषामासन् कल्पद्रुमा द्रुमाः ॥ ५ ॥

citrāmbarāvṛtāḥ sarve nānābharaṇaśālinaḥ |
vimānākṛtayasteṣāmāsan kalpadrumā drumāḥ || 5 ||

The English translation of Verse 6.5 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 (6.5). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Citrambara, Rita, Sarva, Nanabharana, Shalin, Vimana, Akriti, Tad, Kalpadruma, Druma,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 6.5). 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: “citrāmbarāvṛtāḥ sarve nānābharaṇaśālinaḥ
  • citrāmbarāvṛ -
  • citrāmbara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ṛtāḥ -
  • ṛta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    ṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • sarve -
  • sarva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [locative single]
    sarva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    sarvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • nānābharaṇa -
  • nānābharaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nānābharaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śālinaḥ -
  • śālin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    śālin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 2: “vimānākṛtayasteṣāmāsan kalpadrumā drumāḥ
  • vimānā -
  • vimāna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vimāna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vimānā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ākṛtayas -
  • ākṛti (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    ākṛti (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • teṣām -
  • tad (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
  • āsan -
  • as (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active third plural]
  • kalpadrumā* -
  • kalpadruma (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • drumāḥ -
  • druma (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    drumā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 6.5

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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