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).

नागपाशैर्धनोच्छेदो नागदन्तैः सुहृत्क्षयः ।
कपिच्छकैश्च मर्मस्थैः प्रेष्याणां क्षयमादिशेत् ॥ १५ ॥

nāgapāśairdhanocchedo nāgadantaiḥ suhṛtkṣayaḥ |
kapicchakaiśca marmasthaiḥ preṣyāṇāṃ kṣayamādiśet || 15 ||

The English translation of Verse 13.15 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 (13.15). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nagapasha, Dhana, Dhanu, Uccheda, Nagadanta, Suhrid, Kshaya, Kshi, Kapi, Ccha, Kah, Kim, Marman, Stha, Preshya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 13.15). 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: “nāgapāśairdhanocchedo nāgadantaiḥ suhṛtkṣayaḥ
  • nāgapāśair -
  • nāgapāśa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • dhano -
  • dhana (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dhana (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dhanu (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    dhanu (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    dhan (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • ucchedo* -
  • uccheda (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • nāgadantaiḥ -
  • nāgadanta (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • suhṛt -
  • suhṛd (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    suhṛd (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • kṣayaḥ -
  • kṣaya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    kṣi (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • Line 2: “kapicchakaiśca marmasthaiḥ preṣyāṇāṃ kṣayamādiśet
  • kapi -
  • kapi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    kapī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
  • ccha -
  • ccha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ccha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kaiś -
  • ka (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    ka (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • marma -
  • marman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • sthaiḥ -
  • stha (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    stha (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • preṣyāṇām -
  • preṣya (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    preṣya (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    preṣyā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
    preṣ -> preṣya (participle, masculine)
    [genitive plural from √preṣ class 1 verb]
    preṣ -> preṣya (participle, neuter)
    [genitive plural from √preṣ class 1 verb]
    preṣ -> preṣyā (participle, feminine)
    [genitive plural from √preṣ class 1 verb]
  • kṣayam -
  • kṣaya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kṣaya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    kṣayā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ā -
  • ā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    ā (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • diśet -
  • diś (verb class 6)
    [optative active third single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Verse 13.15

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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