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).

Verse 16.22

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सत्त्वप्रमाणच्छाया तु नियतं दृश्यते यदा ।
द्रुमच्छाया तदा ग्राह्या तत्प्रमाणस्तु स द्रुमः ॥ २२ ॥

sattvapramāṇacchāyā tu niyataṃ dṛśyate yadā |
drumacchāyā tadā grāhyā tatpramāṇastu sa drumaḥ || 22 ||

The English translation of Verse 16.22 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 (16.22). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sattva, Pramana, Niyata, Drishyata, Yada, Yad, Drumacchaya, Tada, Grahi, Grahya, Tat, Tad, Druma,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 16.22). 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: “sattvapramāṇacchāyā tu niyataṃ dṛśyate yadā ”
sattva -
sattva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sattva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
pramāṇa -
pramāṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pramāṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
cchāyā -
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
niyatam -
niyata (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

niyata (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

niyatā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
dṛśyate -
dṛśyatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

√dṛś (verb class 1)

[present passive third single]
yadā -
yadā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yadā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yadā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yad (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
Line 2: “drumacchāyā tadā grāhyā tatpramāṇastu sa drumaḥ ”
drumacchāyā -
drumacchāyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
tadā* -
tadā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

tada (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
grāhyā -
grāhi (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

grāhī (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

grāhyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√grah -> grāhyā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √grah class 9 verb], [nominative single from √grah]
tat -
tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
pramāṇas -
pramāṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
drumaḥ -
druma (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 16.22

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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Last Updated: 17 April, 2020