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).

अल्पायुषस्ते प्रासादा भवन्ति च भयावहाः ।
अधरोत्तरगैः श्लिष्टैर्विज्ञेया व्याधिकारिणः ॥ १७ ॥

alpāyuṣaste prāsādā bhavanti ca bhayāvahāḥ |
adharottaragaiḥ śliṣṭairvijñeyā vyādhikāriṇaḥ || 17 ||

The English translation of Verse 50.17 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 (50.17). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Alpayus, Tad, Yushmad, Prasada, Bhavanti, Bhavat, Bhavant, Bhayavaha, Adharottara, Shlishta, Vijneya, Vyadhin, Vyadhi, Kari, Karin,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 50.17). 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: “alpāyuṣaste prāsādā bhavanti ca bhayāvahāḥ
  • alpāyuṣas -
  • alpāyus (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    alpāyus (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • prāsādā* -
  • prāsāda (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • bhavanti -
  • bhavanti (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    bhavantī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    bhavat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    bhavant (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
    bhū (verb class 1)
    [present active third plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bhayāvahāḥ -
  • bhayāvaha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    bhayāvahā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “adharottaragaiḥ śliṣṭairvijñeyā vyādhikāriṇaḥ
  • adharottara -
  • adharottara (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    adharottara (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • gaiḥ -
  • ga (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    ga (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • śliṣṭair -
  • śliṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    śliṣṭa (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
    śliṣ -> śliṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [instrumental plural from √śliṣ class 1 verb], [instrumental plural from √śliṣ class 4 verb]
    śliṣ -> śliṣṭa (participle, neuter)
    [instrumental plural from √śliṣ class 1 verb], [instrumental plural from √śliṣ class 4 verb]
  • vijñeyā* -
  • vijñeya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    vijñeyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • vyādhi -
  • vyādhin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    vyādhin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    vyādhi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    vyādhī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
  • kāriṇaḥ -
  • kāri (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    kārin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    kārin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 50.17

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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