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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 8.83
सत्येन पूयते साक्षी धर्मः सत्येन वर्धते ।
तस्मात्सत्यं हि वक्तव्यं सर्ववर्णेषु साक्षिभिः ॥ ८३ ॥
satyena pūyate sākṣī dharmaḥ satyena vardhate |
tasmātsatyaṃ hi vaktavyaṃ sarvavarṇeṣu sākṣibhiḥ || 83 ||
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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 (8.83). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Satya, Puyat, Sakshi, Sakshin, Dharma, Tasmat, Tad, Satyam, Vaktavya, Sarvavarna,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.83). 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: “satyena pūyate sākṣī dharmaḥ satyena vardhate ”
- satyena -
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satya (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]satya (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- pūyate -
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√pūy -> pūyat (participle, masculine)[dative single from √pūy class 1 verb]√pūy -> pūyat (participle, neuter)[dative single from √pūy class 1 verb]√pū (verb class 1)[present passive third single]√pū (verb class 9)[present passive third single]√pūy (verb class 1)[present middle third single]
- sākṣī -
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sākṣī (noun, masculine)[compound]sākṣī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]sākṣi (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]sākṣin (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- dharmaḥ -
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dharma (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- satyena -
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satya (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]satya (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- vardhate -
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√vṛdh (verb class 1)[present middle third single]
- Line 2: “tasmātsatyaṃ hi vaktavyaṃ sarvavarṇeṣu sākṣibhiḥ ”
- tasmāt -
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tasmāt (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tad (noun, neuter)[ablative single]sa (noun, masculine)[ablative single]
- satyam -
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satyam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]satya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]satya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]satyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- hi -
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hi (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- vaktavyam -
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vaktavya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]vaktavya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]vaktavyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√vac -> vaktavya (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √vac class 2 verb], [accusative single from √vac class 3 verb]√vac -> vaktavya (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √vac class 2 verb], [accusative single from √vac class 2 verb], [nominative single from √vac class 3 verb], [accusative single from √vac class 3 verb]
- sarvavarṇeṣu -
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sarvavarṇa (noun, masculine)[locative plural]sarvavarṇa (noun, neuter)[locative plural]
- sākṣibhiḥ -
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sākṣi (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]sākṣin (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]sākṣin (noun, neuter)[instrumental plural]sākṣī (noun, neuter)[instrumental plural]