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).

साङ्घ्रिणा ध्वजनाहेन सत्र्यंशेनाथ विस्तृतिः ।
विधेया शक्रपिटकस्योच्छ्रयस्तु तदर्धतः ॥ ९१ ॥

sāṅghriṇā dhvajanāhena satryaṃśenātha vistṛtiḥ |
vidheyā śakrapiṭakasyocchrayastu tadardhataḥ || 91 ||

The English translation of Verse 17.91 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 (17.91). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Anghri, Dhvaja, Naha, Satrya, Sha, Atha, Vistriti, Vidheya, Shakra, Pitaka, Ucchraya, Tada,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 17.91). 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: “sāṅghriṇā dhvajanāhena satryaṃśenātha vistṛtiḥ
  • -
  • (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aṅghriṇā -
  • aṅghri (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • dhvaja -
  • dhvaja (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dhvaj (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • nāhena -
  • nāha (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • satryaṃ -
  • satr -> satrya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √satr class 10 verb]
    satr -> satrya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √satr class 10 verb], [accusative single from √satr class 10 verb]
  • śenā -
  • śa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    śa (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • atha -
  • atha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • vistṛtiḥ -
  • vistṛti (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “vidheyā śakrapiṭakasyocchrayastu tadardhataḥ
  • vidheyā -
  • vidheyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • śakra -
  • śakra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śakra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • piṭakasyo -
  • piṭaka (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    piṭaka (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • ucchrayas -
  • ucchraya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • tadar -
  • tadā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tadā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ṛdhataḥ -
  • ṛdh (verb class 6)
    [present active third dual]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 17.91

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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