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).

द्वारस्य गृहविस्तारैर्हस्ततुल्याङ्गुलैर्भवेत् ।
उछ्रायः सप्तभिर्युक्तैर्विस्तृतिस्तु तदर्धतः ॥ २ ॥

dvārasya gṛhavistārairhastatulyāṅgulairbhavet |
uchrāyaḥ saptabhiryuktairvistṛtistu tadardhataḥ || 2 ||

The English translation of Verse 28.2 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 (28.2). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dvara, Grihu, Tara, Hasta, Tulya, Angula, Saptan, Yukta, Vistriti, Tada,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 28.2). 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: “dvārasya gṛhavistārairhastatulyāṅgulairbhavet
  • dvārasya -
  • dvāra (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    dvāra (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • gṛhavi -
  • gṛhu (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • is -
  • i (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tārair -
  • tāra (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    tāra (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • hasta -
  • hasta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    hasta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tulyā -
  • tulya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tulya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tulyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    tul -> tulya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √tul class 10 verb]
    tul -> tulya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √tul class 10 verb]
    tul -> tulyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √tul class 10 verb]
  • aṅgulair -
  • aṅgula (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • bhavet -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 2: “uchrāyaḥ saptabhiryuktairvistṛtistu tadardhataḥ
  • Cannot analyse uchrāyaḥ*sa
  • saptabhir -
  • saptan (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    saptan (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • yuktair -
  • yukta (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    yukta (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
    yuj -> yukta (participle, masculine)
    [instrumental plural from √yuj class 7 verb]
    yuj -> yukta (participle, neuter)
    [instrumental plural from √yuj class 7 verb]
  • vistṛtis -
  • vistṛti (noun, feminine)
    [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 28.2

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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