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 8.122

एतानाहुः कौटसाक्ष्ये प्रोक्तान्दण्डान्मनीषिभिः ।
धर्मस्याव्यभिचारार्थमधर्मनियमाय च ॥ १२२ ॥

etānāhuḥ kauṭasākṣye proktāndaṇḍānmanīṣibhiḥ |
dharmasyāvyabhicārārthamadharmaniyamāya ca || 122 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.122 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 (8.122). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Eta, Esha, Kautasakshya, Prokta, Danda, Manishin, Manishi, Dharma, Avyabhicara, Artha, Adharma, Niyama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.122). 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: “etānāhuḥ kauṭasākṣye proktāndaṇḍānmanīṣibhiḥ
  • etān -
  • eta (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
    eṣa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • āhuḥ -
  • ah (verb class 5)
    [perfect active third plural]
  • kauṭasākṣye -
  • kauṭasākṣya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • proktān -
  • prokta (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • daṇḍān -
  • daṇḍa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative plural], [ablative single]
  • manīṣibhiḥ -
  • manīṣin (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    manīṣin (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
    manīṣī (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • Line 2: “dharmasyāvyabhicārārthamadharmaniyamāya ca
  • dharmasyā -
  • dharma (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
  • avyabhicārā -
  • avyabhicāra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    avyabhicāra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    avyabhicārā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • artham -
  • artha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    artha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • adharma -
  • adharma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • niyamāya -
  • niyama (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
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