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 8.242

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अनिर्दशाहां गां सूतां वृषान्देवपशूंस्तथा ।
सपालान्वा विपालान्वा न दण्ड्यान्मनुरब्रवीत् ॥ २४२ ॥

anirdaśāhāṃ gāṃ sūtāṃ vṛṣāndevapaśūṃstathā |
sapālānvā vipālānvā na daṇḍyānmanurabravīt || 242 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.242 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 (8.242). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Anirdashaha, Suta, Vrisha, Devapashu, Tatha, Sapala, Var, Vipala, Dandya, Manu, Manus,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.242). 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: “anirdaśāhāṃ gāṃ sūtāṃ vṛṣāndevapaśūṃstathā ”
anirdaśāhām -
anirdaśāhā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
gām -
gā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

go (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

√gā (verb class 2)

[injunctive active first single]

√gā (verb class 3)

[injunctive active first single]
sūtām -
sūtā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

√su -> sūtā (participle, feminine)

[accusative single from √su class 1 verb], [accusative single from √su class 2 verb]

√sū -> sūtā (participle, feminine)

[accusative single from √sū class 6 verb]

√sū -> sūtā (participle, feminine)

[accusative single from √sū class 2 verb]

√sū (verb class 2)

[imperative middle third single]
vṛṣān -
vṛṣa (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
devapaśūṃs -
devapaśu (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
tathā -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “sapālānvā vipālānvā na daṇḍyānmanurabravīt ”
sapālān -
sapāla (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
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]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
vipālān -
vipāla (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
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]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
daṇḍyān -
daṇḍya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative plural], [ablative single]

daṇḍya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
manur -
manus (noun, masculine)

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

manu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

manu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
abravīt -
√brū (verb class 2)

[imperfect active third single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023