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).

चतुर्भागेन कर्तव्या सीमास्तम्भः प्रमाणतः ।
तथा स्तम्भस्य बाहुल्याच्चतुर्भागविर्भागविना ॥ १३२ ॥

caturbhāgena kartavyā sīmāstambhaḥ pramāṇataḥ |
tathā stambhasya bāhulyāccaturbhāgavirbhāgavinā || 132 ||

The English translation of Verse 55.132 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 (55.132). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Caturbhaga, Ina, Kartavya, Sima, Bha, Pramanatah, Tatha, Stambha, Bahulya, Bhaga, Vina,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 55.132). 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: “caturbhāgena kartavyā sīmāstambhaḥ pramāṇataḥ
  • caturbhāge -
  • caturbhāga (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    caturbhāga (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    caturbhāgā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ina -
  • ina (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ina (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kartavyā -
  • kartavyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    kṛ -> kartavyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]
    kṛ -> kartavyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √kṛ class 3 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 6 verb]
  • sīmās -
  • sīmā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • tam -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    tan (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • bhaḥ -
  • bha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    bhā (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • pramāṇataḥ -
  • pramāṇataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • Line 2: “tathā stambhasya bāhulyāccaturbhāgavirbhāgavinā
  • tathā -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • stambhasya -
  • stambha (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
  • bāhulyāc -
  • bāhulya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • caturbhāga -
  • caturbhāga (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    caturbhāga (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vir -
  • vi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bhāga -
  • bhāga (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bhāga (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vinā -
  • vinā (indeclinable postposition)
    [indeclinable postposition]
    vi (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    vi (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    vinā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 55.132

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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