Manusmriti [sanskrit]

by Ganganatha Jha | 1920 | 23,875 words | ISBN-10: 8120811550 | ISBN-13: 9788120811553

This is the Sanskrit text of the Manusmriti, which is a collection of verses dealing with ‘Dharma-Shastra’—the ancient Indian science of Law, Spritual life, Politics and Ethics.. The edition of this text is based on Ganganatha Jha’s translation of the same text.

Verse 7.48

पैशुन्यं साहसं द्रोह ईर्ष्याऽसूयाऽर्थदूषणम् ।
वाग्दण्डजं च पारुष्यं क्रोधजोऽपि गणोऽष्टकः ॥ ४८ ॥

paiśunyaṃ sāhasaṃ droha īrṣyā'sūyā'rthadūṣaṇam |
vāgdaṇḍajaṃ ca pāruṣyaṃ krodhajo'pi gaṇo'ṣṭakaḥ || 48 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 7.48 is contained in the book Manusmrti (Sanskrit and English) by Ganganath Jha. This book is available online or you could buy the latest edition:

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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 (7.48). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Paishunya, Sahasa, Droha, Arthadushana, Parushya, Krodhaja, Api, Gana, Ashtaka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 7.48). 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: “paiśunyaṃ sāhasaṃ droha īrṣyā'sūyā'rthadūṣaṇam
  • paiśunyam -
  • paiśunya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • sāhasam -
  • sāhasa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sāhasa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sāhasā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • droha* -
  • droha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • īrṣyā' -
  • asūyā' -
  • arthadūṣaṇam -
  • arthadūṣaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “vāgdaṇḍajaṃ ca pāruṣyaṃ krodhajo'pi gaṇo'ṣṭakaḥ
  • vāgdaṇḍajam -
  • vāgdaṇḍajā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pāruṣyam -
  • pāruṣya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pāruṣya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • krodhajo' -
  • krodhaja (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • gaṇo' -
  • gaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • aṣṭakaḥ -
  • aṣṭaka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
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