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 8.283

केशेषु गृह्णतो हस्तौ छेदयेदविचारयन् ।
पादयोर्दाढिकायां च ग्रीवायां वृषणेषु च ॥ २८३ ॥

keśeṣu gṛhṇato hastau chedayedavicārayan |
pādayordāḍhikāyāṃ ca grīvāyāṃ vṛṣaṇeṣu ca || 283 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.283 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 (8.283). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kesha, Grihnat, Hasta, Avicarayat, Pada, Dadhika, Griva, Vrishana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.283). 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: “keśeṣu gṛhṇato hastau chedayedavicārayan
  • keśeṣu -
  • keśa (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    keśa (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • gṛhṇato* -
  • gṛhṇat (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    gṛhṇat (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    grah -> gṛhṇat (participle, masculine)
    [accusative plural from √grah class 9 verb], [ablative single from √grah class 9 verb], [genitive single from √grah class 9 verb]
    grah -> gṛhṇat (participle, neuter)
    [ablative single from √grah class 9 verb], [genitive single from √grah class 9 verb]
  • hastau -
  • hasta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • chedayed -
  • chid (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • avicārayan -
  • avicārayat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “pādayordāḍhikāyāṃ ca grīvāyāṃ vṛṣaṇeṣu ca
  • pādayor -
  • pāda (noun, masculine)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
  • dāḍhikāyām -
  • dāḍhikā (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • grīvāyām -
  • grīvā (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • vṛṣaṇeṣu -
  • vṛṣaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    vṛṣaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
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