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 72.19b [884b]

देशस्य जातेः सङ्घस्य धर्मो ग्रामस्य यो भृगुः ।
उदितः स्यात्स तेनैव दायभागं प्रकल्पयेत् ॥ १९ब् [८८४ब्] ॥

deśasya jāteḥ saṅghasya dharmo grāmasya yo bhṛguḥ |
uditaḥ syātsa tenaiva dāyabhāgaṃ prakalpayet || 19b [884b] ||

The English translation of Katyayana-smriti Verse 72.19b [884b] 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 (72.19b [884b]). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Desha, Jati, Sangha, Dharma, Grama, Yah, Bhrigu, Udita, Syat, Sya, Tad, Tena, Dayabhaga, Pra,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Katyayana-smriti Verse 72.19b [884b]). 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: “deśasya jāteḥ saṅghasya dharmo grāmasya yo bhṛguḥ
  • deśasya -
  • deśa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
  • jāteḥ -
  • jāti (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • saṅghasya -
  • saṅgha (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    saṅgha (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • dharmo* -
  • dharma (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • grāmasya -
  • grāma (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    grāma (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • yo* -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bhṛguḥ -
  • bhṛgu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “uditaḥ syātsa tenaiva dāyabhāgaṃ prakalpayet || 19b [884b] |
  • uditaḥ -
  • udita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    vad -> udita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √vad class 1 verb]
  • syāt -
  • syāt (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    syāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [optative active third single]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tenai -
  • tena (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ta (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    tan (verb class 8)
    [perfect active second plural]
    tan (verb class 4)
    [perfect active second plural]
    tan (verb class 1)
    [perfect active second plural]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • dāyabhāgam -
  • dāyabhāga (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • pra -
  • pra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pra (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • kalpayet -
  • kḷp (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • Cannot analyse 19b*88
  • Cannot analyse 884b
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