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 8.276

ब्राह्मणक्षत्रियाभ्यां तु दण्डः कार्यो विजानता ।
ब्राह्मणे साहसः पूर्वः क्षत्रिये त्वेव मध्यमः ॥ २७६ ॥

brāhmaṇakṣatriyābhyāṃ tu daṇḍaḥ kāryo vijānatā |
brāhmaṇe sāhasaḥ pūrvaḥ kṣatriye tveva madhyamaḥ || 276 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.276 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 (8.276). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Brahmana, Kshatriya, Danda, Kari, Karya, Vijanat, Vijanata, Sahasa, Purva, Tva, Eva, Madhyama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.276). 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: “brāhmaṇakṣatriyābhyāṃ tu daṇḍaḥ kāryo vijānatā
  • brāhmaṇa -
  • brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    brāhmaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kṣatriyābhyām -
  • kṣatriya (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental dual], [dative dual], [ablative dual]
    kṣatriya (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental dual], [dative dual], [ablative dual]
    kṣatriyā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental dual], [dative dual], [ablative dual]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • daṇḍaḥ -
  • daṇḍa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • kāryo* -
  • kārī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    kārya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    kṛ -> kārya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kārya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √kṛ class 3 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 6 verb]
    kṝ -> kārya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √kṝ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṝ class 9 verb]
  • vijānatā -
  • vijānat (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    vijānat (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    vijānatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “brāhmaṇe sāhasaḥ pūrvaḥ kṣatriye tveva madhyamaḥ
  • brāhmaṇe -
  • brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    brāhmaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    brāhmaṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • sāhasaḥ -
  • sāhasa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • pūrvaḥ -
  • pūrva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • kṣatriye -
  • kṣatriya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    kṣatriya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    kṣatriyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • tve -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    tva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    tva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    tvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • madhyamaḥ -
  • madhyama (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
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