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 43.1 [477]

राजा तु स्वामिने विप्रं सान्त्वेनैव प्रदापयेत् ।
देशाचारेण चान्यांस्तु दुष्टान्संपीड्य दापयेत् ॥ १ [४७७] ॥

rājā tu svāmine vipraṃ sāntvenaiva pradāpayet |
deśācāreṇa cānyāṃstu duṣṭānsaṃpīḍya dāpayet || 1 [477] ||

The English translation of Katyayana-smriti Verse 43.1 [477] 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 (43.1 [477]). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Raja, Rajan, Raj, Svamin, Vipra, Santva, Prada, Deshacara, Dushta, Pidya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Katyayana-smriti Verse 43.1 [477]). 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: “rājā tu svāmine vipraṃ sāntvenaiva pradāpayet
  • rājā -
  • rājā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    rājan (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    rāj (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    rāj (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • svāmine -
  • svāmin (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
  • vipram -
  • vipra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vipra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    viprā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • sāntvenai -
  • sāntva (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    sāntva (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • pradā -
  • prada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pradā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • āpayet -
  • āp (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
    i (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 2: “deśācāreṇa cānyāṃstu duṣṭānsaṃpīḍya dāpayet || 1 [477] |
  • deśācāreṇa -
  • deśācāra (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • cānyā -
  • cam -> cānya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √cam]
    cam -> cānya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √cam]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • āṃs -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • duṣṭān -
  • duṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • sam -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • pīḍya -
  • pīḍ -> pīḍya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √pīḍ]
    pīḍ -> pīḍya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √pīḍ class 10 verb]
    pīḍ -> pīḍya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √pīḍ class 10 verb]
  • dāpayet -
  • (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • Cannot analyse 1*47
  • Cannot analyse 477
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