Katyayana-smriti [sanskrit]

by Manmatha Nath Dutt | 2006 | 9,945 words | ISBN-10: 8171102794

The Sanskrit edition of the Katyayana-smriti referencing the English translation and grammatical analysis. The Katyayana-smriti is one of the minor works on Dharmashastra as mentioned in the Yajnavalkya-smriti. Katyayana is the author of a clear and full treatise on law and also wrote on grammar and other subjects. Alternative titles: Kātyāyanasmṛti (कात्यायनस्मृतिः), Kātyāyana-smṛti (कात्यायन-स्मृति).

Verse 7.5 [67]

ब्राह्मणो यत्र न स्यात्तु क्षत्रियं तत्र योजयेत् ।
वैश्यं वा धर्मशास्त्रज्ञं शूद्रं यत्नेन वर्जयेत् ॥ ५ [६७] ॥

brāhmaṇo yatra na syāttu kṣatriyaṃ tatra yojayet |
vaiśyaṃ vā dharmaśāstrajñaṃ śūdraṃ yatnena varjayet || 5 [67] ||

The English translation of Katyayana-smriti Verse 7.5 [67] is contained in the book Sixteen Minor Smrtis: 2 Volumes by Manmatha Nath Dutt. 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 (7.5 [67]). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Brahmana, Yatra, Syat, Sya, Kshatriya, Tatra, Vaishya, Var, Dharmashastra, Jna, Shudra, Yatna,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Katyayana-smriti Verse 7.5 [67]). 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: “brāhmaṇo yatra na syāttu kṣatriyaṃ tatra yojayet
  • brāhmaṇo* -
  • brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • yatra -
  • yatra (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    yatra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yatra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • syāt -
  • syāt (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    syāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [optative active third single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • kṣatriyam -
  • kṣatriya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kṣatriya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    kṣatriyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • tatra -
  • tatra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tatra (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • yojayet -
  • yuj (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 2: “vaiśyaṃ dharmaśāstrajñaṃ śūdraṃ yatnena varjayet || 5 [67] |
  • vaiśyam -
  • vaiśya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vaiśya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    vaiśyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • 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]
  • dharmaśāstra -
  • dharmaśāstra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • jñam -
  • jña (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    jña (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    jñā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • śūdram -
  • śūdra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śūdrā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • yatnena -
  • yatna (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • va -
  • u (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ū (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    ū (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ū (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    o (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    au (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    au (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    va (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    va (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • arjayet -
  • ṛj (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • Cannot analyse 5*67
  • Cannot analyse 67
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