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).

ब्राह्मणैर्वा भवेद्वर्णा सा नेष्टा भयदायिनी ।
निहन्ति कारकं रौद्रा दीनरूपा च शिल्पिनम् ॥ ७ ॥

brāhmaṇairvā bhavedvarṇā sā neṣṭā bhayadāyinī |
nihanti kārakaṃ raudrā dīnarūpā ca śilpinam || 7 ||

The English translation of Verse 77.7 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 (77.7). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Brahmana, Var, Varna, Varnan, Neshta, Bhayadayin, Bhayadayini, Nihanti, Karaka, Raudra, Dinarupa, Shilpin,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 77.7). 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: “brāhmaṇairvā bhavedvarṇā neṣṭā bhayadāyinī
  • brāhmaṇair -
  • brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    brāhmaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • vā* -
  • vār (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    vār (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    va (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • bhaved -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • varṇā -
  • varṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    varṇan (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sā* -
  • so (noun, feminine)
    [accusative plural]
  • neṣṭā* -
  • neṣ -> neṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √neṣ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √neṣ class 1 verb]
    neṣ -> neṣṭā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √neṣ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √neṣ class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √neṣ class 1 verb]
  • bhayadāyinī -
  • bhayadāyinī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    bhayadāyin (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • Line 2: “nihanti kārakaṃ raudrā dīnarūpā ca śilpinam
  • nihanti -
  • nihanti (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    nihanti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    nihanti (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • kārakam -
  • kāraka (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kāraka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • raudrā* -
  • raudra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    raudrā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • dīnarūpā -
  • dīnarūpā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śilpinam -
  • śilpin (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 77.7

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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