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).

प्रासादान्नृपपत्नीनां सर्वासामपि शास्त्रवित् ।
अष्टभागेन हीनानि प्रतीच्यां दिशि कारयेत् ॥ ७ ॥

prāsādānnṛpapatnīnāṃ sarvāsāmapi śāstravit |
aṣṭabhāgena hīnāni pratīcyāṃ diśi kārayet || 7 ||

The English translation of Verse 51.7 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 (51.7). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Prasada, Tan, Ina, Sarva, Api, Shastravid, Ashta, Ashtan, Bhaga, Hina, Pratici, Praticya, Dish,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 51.7). 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: “prāsādānnṛpapatnīnāṃ sarvāsāmapi śāstravit
  • prāsādānn -
  • prāsāda (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • papa -
  • (verb class 1)
    [perfect active second plural]
    (verb class 2)
    [perfect active second plural]
    (verb class 2)
    [perfect active second plural]
    (verb class 3)
    [perfect active second plural]
    pai (verb class 1)
    [perfect active second plural]
  • tnī -
  • tan (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • inām -
  • inā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • sarvāsām -
  • sarvā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • śāstravit -
  • śāstravid (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    śāstravid (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “aṣṭabhāgena hīnāni pratīcyāṃ diśi kārayet
  • aṣṭa -
  • aṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    aṣṭa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    -> aṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [compound from √]
    -> aṣṭa (participle, neuter)
    [compound from √]
    aṣṭan (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    aṣṭan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    -> aṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √ class 5 verb]
    -> aṣṭa (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √ class 5 verb]
  • bhāgena -
  • bhāga (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    bhāga (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • hīnāni -
  • hīna (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    -> hīna (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √ class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √ class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √ class 3 verb], [vocative plural from √ class 3 verb], [accusative plural from √ class 3 verb]
  • pratīcyām -
  • pratīcī (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    pratīcyā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • diśi -
  • diś (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • kārayet -
  • kṛ (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 51.7

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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