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).

चतुर्द्वारं भवेदेतदिच्छया क्षणमध्यगम् ।
द्वारमन्यद्विधातव्यं स्वपदे स्यात्सुशोभितम् ॥ ११७ ॥

caturdvāraṃ bhavedetadicchayā kṣaṇamadhyagam |
dvāramanyadvidhātavyaṃ svapade syātsuśobhitam || 117 ||

The English translation of Verse 30.117 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 (30.117). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Caturdvara, Etad, Ccha, Kshanam, Kshana, Adhi, Aga, Dvara, Anya, Dvidha, Avi, Avya, Svapada, Syat, Sya, Sushobhita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 30.117). 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: “caturdvāraṃ bhavedetadicchayā kṣaṇamadhyagam
  • caturdvāram -
  • caturdvāra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    caturdvāra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    caturdvārā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • bhaved -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • etadi -
  • etad (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • ccha -
  • ccha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ccha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • -
  • (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • kṣaṇam -
  • kṣaṇam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kṣaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kṣaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    kṣaṇā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • adhya -
  • adhi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    adhi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    adhī (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    adhī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    adhī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    dhā (verb class 1)
    [aorist middle first single]
    dhā (verb class 2)
    [aorist middle first single]
    dhā (verb class 3)
    [aorist middle first single]
    dhā (verb class 4)
    [aorist middle first single]
  • agam -
  • aga (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    aga (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    agā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “dvāramanyadvidhātavyaṃ svapade syātsuśobhitam
  • dvāram -
  • dvāra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dvāra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • anya -
  • anya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    an -> anya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √an]
  • dvidhāt -
  • dvidha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    dvidha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • avyam -
  • avya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    avya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    avyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    avī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    u -> avya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √u class 1 verb], [accusative single from √u class 2 verb], [accusative single from √u class 5 verb]
    u -> avya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √u class 1 verb], [accusative single from √u class 1 verb], [nominative single from √u class 2 verb], [accusative single from √u class 2 verb], [nominative single from √u class 5 verb], [accusative single from √u class 5 verb]
    vyā (verb class 1)
    [aorist active first single]
  • svapade -
  • svapada (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • syāt -
  • syāt (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    syāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [optative active third single]
  • suśobhitam -
  • suśobhita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    suśobhita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    suśobhitā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 30.117

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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