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 8.178

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अनेन विधिना राजा मिथो विवदतां नृणाम् ।
साक्षिप्रत्ययसिद्धानि कार्याणि समतां नयेत् ॥ १७८ ॥

anena vidhinā rājā mitho vivadatāṃ nṛṇām |
sākṣipratyayasiddhāni kāryāṇi samatāṃ nayet || 178 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.178 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 (8.178). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ana, Anena, Idam, Vidhi, Raja, Mithah, Vivat, Vivas, Nri, Sakshipratyaya, Siddha, Karya, Samata, Samat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.178). 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: “anena vidhinā rājā mitho vivadatāṃ nṛṇām ”
anena -
anena (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

anena (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

ana (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

idam (pronoun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
vidhinā -
vidhi (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

vidhī (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
rājā* -
rāja (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

rājā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
mitho* -
mithaḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

mithaḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
vivad -
vivat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

vivat (noun, neuter)

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

√u -> vivas (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √u class 1 verb], [vocative single from √u class 1 verb], [accusative single from √u class 1 verb], [nominative single from √u class 2 verb], [vocative single from √u class 2 verb], [accusative single from √u class 2 verb], [nominative single from √u class 5 verb], [vocative single from √u class 5 verb], [accusative single from √u class 5 verb]
atā -
√at (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
am -
a (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ap (noun, feminine)

[compound]

ap (noun, neuter)

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

ā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

e (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
nṛṇām -
nṛ (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]
Line 2: “sākṣipratyayasiddhāni kāryāṇi samatāṃ nayet ”
sākṣipratyaya -
sākṣipratyaya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
siddhāni -
siddha (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√sidh -> siddha (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √sidh class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √sidh class 4 verb], [accusative plural from √sidh class 4 verb]

√sidh -> siddha (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √sidh class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √sidh class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √sidh class 1 verb]
kāryāṇi -
kārya (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√kṛ -> kārya (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √kṛ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √kṛ class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative plural from √kṛ class 5 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative plural from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [nominative plural from √kṛ], [vocative plural from √kṛ], [accusative plural from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kārya (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √kṛ class 3 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 3 verb], [accusative plural from √kṛ class 3 verb], [nominative plural from √kṛ class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 6 verb], [accusative plural from √kṛ class 6 verb]

√kṝ -> kārya (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √kṝ class 5 verb], [vocative plural from √kṝ class 5 verb], [accusative plural from √kṝ class 5 verb], [nominative plural from √kṝ class 9 verb], [vocative plural from √kṝ class 9 verb], [accusative plural from √kṝ class 9 verb]
samatām -
samatā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

√sam -> samat (participle, masculine)

[genitive plural from √sam class 1 verb]

√sam -> samat (participle, neuter)

[genitive plural from √sam class 1 verb]

√sam (verb class 1)

[imperative active third dual], [imperative middle third single]
nayet -
√nay (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]

√nī (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023