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 57.5 [642]

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स्वेच्छया यः प्रतिश्रुत्य ब्राह्मणाय प्रतिग्रहम् ।
न दद्यादृणव दाप्यः प्राप्नुयात्पूर्वसाहसम् ॥ ५ [६४२] ॥

svecchayā yaḥ pratiśrutya brāhmaṇāya pratigraham |
na dadyādṛṇava dāpyaḥ prāpnuyātpūrvasāhasam || 5 [642] ||

The English translation of Katyayana-smriti Verse 57.5 [642] 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:
Buy now! English translation by Manmatha Nath Dutt (2006)

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (57.5 [642]). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sveccha, Yah, Brahmana, Pratigraha, Rinavan, Dapya, Pra, Purvasahasa,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Katyayana-smriti Verse 57.5 [642]). 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: “svecchayā yaḥ pratiśrutya brāhmaṇāya pratigraham ”
svecchayā -
svecchā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
yaḥ -
yaḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
pratiśrutya -
brāhmaṇāya -
brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

brāhmaṇa (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
pratigraham -
pratigraha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
Line 2: “na dadyādṛṇava dāpyaḥ prāpnuyātpūrvasāhasam || 5 [642] |”
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dadyād -
√dā (verb class 3)

[optative active third single]
ṛṇava -
ṛṇavan (noun, masculine)

[compound]

ṛṇavan (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
dāpyaḥ -
dāpya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√dā -> dāpya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √dā]
prā -
pra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

prā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

pra (Preverb)

[Preverb]

prā (Preverb)

[Preverb]
āpnuyāt -
√āp (verb class 5)

[optative active third single]
pūrvasāhasam -
pūrvasāhasa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
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Last Updated: 23 January, 2020