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).

प्रोक्तानि तानि तावन्ति शुभान्यालेख्यकादिषु ।
इति कथितमयोज्यं योजनीयं च बुद्ध्या ।
भवनशयनकक्षादेवधिष्ण्यादिकेषु ।
विरचयति यथोक्तं निन्दितं वर्जयेद्यः ।
स भवति नृपतीनां शिल्पिनां चार्चनीयः ॥ ४६ ॥

proktāni tāni tāvanti śubhānyālekhyakādiṣu |
iti kathitamayojyaṃ yojanīyaṃ ca buddhyā |
bhavanaśayanakakṣādevadhiṣṇyādikeṣu |
viracayati yathoktaṃ ninditaṃ varjayedyaḥ |
sa bhavati nṛpatīnāṃ śilpināṃ cārcanīyaḥ || 46 ||

The English translation of Verse 34.46 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 (34.46). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Prokta, Tad, Tani, Tavat, Shubha, Alekhya, Kat, Kas, Iti, Kathita, Aya, Ayas, Jya, Yojaniya, Buddhi, Bhavana, Shayana, Kaksha, Eva, Dhishnya, Dhishni, Adika, Vira, Yathokta, Nindita, Yah, Bhavati, Bhavat, Bhavant, Nripati, Shilpin, Arcaniya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 34.46). 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: “proktāni tāni tāvanti śubhānyālekhyakādiṣu
  • proktāni -
  • prokta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • tāni -
  • tānī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    tānī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    tānī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
  • tāvanti -
  • tāvat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • śubhānyā -
  • śubha (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    śubh (verb class 6)
    [imperative active first single]
  • ālekhya -
  • ālekhya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ālekhya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kād -
  • kāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    kās (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • iṣu -
  • iṣu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    i (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
  • Line 2: “iti kathitamayojyaṃ yojanīyaṃ ca buddhyā
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • kathitam -
  • kathita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kathita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    kathitā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    kath -> kathita (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √kath class 10 verb]
    kath -> kathita (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √kath class 10 verb], [accusative single from √kath class 10 verb]
  • ayo -
  • ayas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    aya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    i (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    e (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • jyam -
  • jya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    jya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    jyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • yojanīyam -
  • yojanīya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    yojanīya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    yojanīyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    yuj -> yojanīya (participle, masculine)
    [adverb from √yuj]
    yuj -> yojanīya (participle, neuter)
    [adverb from √yuj]
    yuj -> yojanīyā (participle, feminine)
    [adverb from √yuj]
    yuj -> yojanīya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √yuj class 7 verb], [accusative single from √yuj]
    yuj -> yojanīya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √yuj class 7 verb], [accusative single from √yuj class 7 verb], [nominative single from √yuj], [accusative single from √yuj]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • buddhyā -
  • buddhi (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • Line 3: “bhavanaśayanakakṣādevadhiṣṇyādikeṣu
  • bhavana -
  • bhavana (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bhavana (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śayana -
  • śayana (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śayana (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kakṣād -
  • kakṣa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dhiṣṇyā -
  • dhiṣṇya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dhiṣṇya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dhiṣṇyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    dhiṣṇī (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]
    dhiṣṇī (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • adikeṣu -
  • adika (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    adika (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • Line 4: “viracayati yathoktaṃ ninditaṃ varjayedyaḥ
  • vira -
  • vira (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vira (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • cayati -
  • cay (verb class 1)
    [present active third single]
    ci (verb class 1)
    [present active third single]
  • yathoktam -
  • yathokta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    yathokta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    yathoktā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ninditam -
  • nindita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    nindita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    ninditā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    nind -> nindita (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √nind class 1 verb]
    nind -> nindita (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √nind class 1 verb], [accusative single from √nind class 1 verb]
  • va -
  • u (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ū (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    ū (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ū (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    o (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    au (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    au (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    va (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    va (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • arjayed -
  • ṛj (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • yaḥ -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 5: “sa bhavati nṛpatīnāṃ śilpināṃ cārcanīyaḥ
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bhavati -
  • bhavatī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    bhavat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhavat (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    bhavant (pronoun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhavant (pronoun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    bhū (verb class 1)
    [present active third single]
  • nṛpatīnām -
  • nṛpati (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
  • śilpinām -
  • śilpin (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    śilpin (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
  • -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • arcanīyaḥ -
  • arcanīya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    ṛc -> arcanīya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √ṛc]
    ṛc -> arcanīya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √ṛc]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 34.46

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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