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 8.271

नामजातिग्रहं त्वेषामभिद्रोहेण कुर्वतः ।
निक्षेप्योऽयोमयः शङ्कुर्ज्वलन्नास्ये दशाङ्गुलः ॥ २७१ ॥

nāmajātigrahaṃ tveṣāmabhidroheṇa kurvataḥ |
nikṣepyo'yomayaḥ śaṅkurjvalannāsye daśāṅgulaḥ || 271 ||

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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

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Namajatigraha, Bhidra, Uha, Kurvat, Nikshepya, Ayomaya, Shanku, Jvalat, Asya, Dashangula,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

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  • Line 1: “nāmajātigrahaṃ tveṣāmabhidroheṇa kurvataḥ
  • nāmajātigraham -
  • nāmajātigraha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • tveṣāma -
  • tviṣ (verb class 1)
    [imperative active first plural]
  • bhidro -
  • bhidra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ūhe -
  • ūha (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ūhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    uh (verb class 1)
    [perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]
    ūh (verb class 1)
    [present middle first single]
    vah (verb class 1)
    [perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]
  • ṇa -
  • ṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kurvataḥ -
  • kurvat (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    kurvat (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    kṛ -> kurvat (participle, masculine)
    [accusative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [ablative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [genitive single from √kṛ class 8 verb]
    kṛ -> kurvat (participle, neuter)
    [ablative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [genitive single from √kṛ class 8 verb]
  • Line 2: “nikṣepyo'yomayaḥ śaṅkurjvalannāsye daśāṅgulaḥ
  • nikṣepyo' -
  • nikṣepya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ayomayaḥ -
  • ayomaya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • śaṅkur -
  • śaṅku (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • jvalann -
  • jvalat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
    jval -> jvalat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √jval class 1 verb], [vocative single from √jval class 1 verb]
  • āsye -
  • āsya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    āsya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    āsyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ās -> āsya (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √ās]
    ās -> āsya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √ās], [vocative dual from √ās], [accusative dual from √ās], [locative single from √ās]
    ās -> āsyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative dual from √ās], [vocative single from √ās], [vocative dual from √ās], [accusative dual from √ās]
    as -> āsya (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √as]
    as -> āsya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √as], [vocative dual from √as], [accusative dual from √as], [locative single from √as]
    as -> āsyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative dual from √as], [vocative single from √as], [vocative dual from √as], [accusative dual from √as]
    ās (verb class 2)
    [present passive first single], [imperfect passive first single]
    as (verb class 4)
    [imperfect passive first single]
    ās (verb class 0)
    [present passive first single], [imperfect passive first single]
    as (verb class 0)
    [present passive first single], [imperfect passive first single]
  • daśāṅgulaḥ -
  • daśāṅgula (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
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