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 8.167

कुटुम्बार्थेऽध्यधीनोऽपि व्यवहारं यमाचरेत् ।
स्वदेशे वा विदेशे वा तं ज्यायान्न विचालयेत् ॥ १६७ ॥

kuṭumbārthe'dhyadhīno'pi vyavahāraṃ yamācaret |
svadeśe vā videśe vā taṃ jyāyānna vicālayet || 167 ||

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

Kutumba, Artha, Adhyadhina, Api, Vyavaharam, Vyavahara, Yama, Svadesha, Var, Videsha, Jyayas,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.167). 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: “kuṭumbārthe'dhyadhīno'pi vyavahāraṃ yamācaret
  • kuṭumbā -
  • kuṭumba (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kuṭumba (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • arthe' -
  • artha (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    artha (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    arth (verb class 1)
    [present middle first single]
  • adhyadhīno' -
  • adhyadhīna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • vyavahāram -
  • vyavahāram (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    vyavahāra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • yamā -
  • yamā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • caret -
  • car (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 2: “svadeśe videśe taṃ jyāyānna vicālayet
  • svadeśe -
  • svadeśa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • vā* -
  • vār (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    vār (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    va (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • videśe -
  • videśa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • -
  • (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • tam -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    tan (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • jyāyānn -
  • jyāyas (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • a -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vi -
  • vi (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    vi (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    vi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    vi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ve (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    vi (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • cālayet -
  • cal (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
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