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 8.93

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नग्नो मुण्डः कपालेन च भिक्षार्थी क्षुत्पिपासितः ।
अन्धः शत्रुकुलं गच्छेद्यः साक्ष्यमनृतं वदेत् ॥ ९३ ॥

nagno muṇḍaḥ kapālena ca bhikṣārthī kṣutpipāsitaḥ |
andhaḥ śatrukulaṃ gacchedyaḥ sākṣyamanṛtaṃ vadet || 93 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.93 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 (8.93). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nagna, Munda, Kapala, Bhiksharthin, Kshutpipasita, Andha, Andhas, Shatrukula, Yah, Sakshya, Sakshi, Anrita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.93). 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: “nagno muṇḍaḥ kapālena ca bhikṣārthī kṣutpipāsitaḥ ”
nagno* -
nagna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
muṇḍaḥ -
muṇḍa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kapālena -
kapāla (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

kapāla (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhikṣārthī -
bhikṣārthin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kṣutpipāsitaḥ -
kṣutpipāsita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “andhaḥ śatrukulaṃ gacchedyaḥ sākṣyamanṛtaṃ vadet ”
andhaḥ -
andhas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

andha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
śatrukulam -
śatrukula (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
gacched -
√gam (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]
yaḥ -
yaḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative 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]
anṛtam -
anṛta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

anṛta (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

anṛtā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
vadet -
√vad (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023