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 8.336

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कार्षापणं भवेद्दण्ड्यो यत्रान्यः प्राकृतो जनः ।
तत्र राजा भवेद्दण्ड्यः सहस्रमिति धारणा ॥ ३३६ ॥

kārṣāpaṇaṃ bhaveddaṇḍyo yatrānyaḥ prākṛto janaḥ |
tatra rājā bhaveddaṇḍyaḥ sahasramiti dhāraṇā || 336 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.336 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 (8.336). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Karshapana, Dandya, Dandi, Yatra, Yah, Prakrita, Jana, Janas, Tatra, Raja, Sahasram, Sahasra, Iti, Dharana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.336). 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: “kārṣāpaṇaṃ bhaveddaṇḍyo yatrānyaḥ prākṛto janaḥ ”
kārṣāpaṇam -
kārṣāpaṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kārṣāpaṇa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
bhaved -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]
daṇḍyo* -
daṇḍya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

daṇḍī (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

daṇḍī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
yatrān -
yatra (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
yaḥ -
yaḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
prākṛto* -
prākṛta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
janaḥ -
janas (noun, neuter)

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

jana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “tatra rājā bhaveddaṇḍyaḥ sahasramiti dhāraṇā ”
tatra -
tatra (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tatra (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
rājā* -
rāja (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

rājā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
bhaved -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]
daṇḍyaḥ -
daṇḍya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

daṇḍī (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

daṇḍī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
sahasram -
sahasram (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sahasra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sahasra (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
dhāraṇā -
dhāraṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023