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 8.74

समक्षदर्शनात्साक्ष्यं श्रवणाच्चैव सिध्यति ।
तत्र सत्यं ब्रुवन् साक्षी धर्मार्थाभ्यां न हीयते ॥ ७४ ॥

samakṣadarśanātsākṣyaṃ śravaṇāccaiva sidhyati |
tatra satyaṃ bruvan sākṣī dharmārthābhyāṃ na hīyate || 74 ||

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

Samakshadarshana, Sakshya, Sakshi, Shravana, Sidhyat, Tatra, Satyam, Satya, Sakshin, Dharmartha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.74). 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: “samakṣadarśanātsākṣyaṃ śravaṇāccaiva sidhyati
  • samakṣadarśanāt -
  • samakṣadarśana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • sākṣyam -
  • sākṣya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sākṣya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sākṣyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    sākṣ -> sākṣya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √sākṣ class 1 verb]
    sākṣ -> sākṣya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √sākṣ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √sākṣ class 1 verb]
    sākṣī (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • śravaṇāc -
  • śravaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    śravaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • cai -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • sidhyati -
  • sidh -> sidhyat (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √sidh class 4 verb]
    sidh -> sidhyat (participle, neuter)
    [locative single from √sidh class 4 verb]
    sidh (verb class 4)
    [present active third single]
  • Line 2: “tatra satyaṃ bruvan sākṣī dharmārthābhyāṃ na hīyate
  • tatra -
  • tatra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tatra (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • satyam -
  • satyam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    satya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    satya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    satyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Cannot analyse bruvan*sā
  • sākṣī -
  • sākṣī (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    sākṣī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    sākṣi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    sākṣin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • dharmārthābhyām -
  • dharmārtha (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental dual], [dative dual], [ablative dual]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • hīyate -
  • (verb class 1)
    [present passive third single]
    (verb class 3)
    [present passive third single]
    hi (verb class 5)
    [present passive third single]
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