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 8.338

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ब्राह्मणस्य चतुःषष्टिः पूर्णं वाऽपि शतं भवेत् ।
द्विगुणा वा चतुःषष्टिस्तद्दोषगुणविद्द् हि सः ॥ ३३८ ॥

brāhmaṇasya catuḥṣaṣṭiḥ pūrṇaṃ vā'pi śataṃ bhavet |
dviguṇā vā catuḥṣaṣṭistaddoṣaguṇavidd hi saḥ || 338 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.338 is contained in the book Manusmrti (Sanskrit and English) by Ganganath Jha. This book is available online or you could buy the latest edition:
Read online Buy now! The Sanskrit text by Ganganath Jha (1999)

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (8.338). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Brahmana, Catuhshashti, Purna, Api, Shata, Dviguna, Sah,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.338). 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: “brāhmaṇasya catuḥṣaṣṭiḥ pūrṇaṃ vā'pi śataṃ bhavet ”
brāhmaṇasya -
brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

brāhmaṇa (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
catuḥṣaṣṭiḥ -
catuḥṣaṣṭi (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
pūrṇam -
pūrṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

pūrṇa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

pūrṇā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√pṝ -> pūrṇa (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √pṝ class 3 verb], [accusative single from √pṝ class 6 verb], [accusative single from √pṝ class 9 verb]

√pṝ -> pūrṇa (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √pṝ class 3 verb], [accusative single from √pṝ class 3 verb], [nominative single from √pṝ class 6 verb], [accusative single from √pṝ class 6 verb], [nominative single from √pṝ class 9 verb], [accusative single from √pṝ class 9 verb]
vā' -
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
śatam -
śata (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

śatā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
bhavet -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]
Line 2: “dviguṇā vā catuḥṣaṣṭistaddoṣaguṇavidd hi saḥ ”
dviguṇā* -
dviguṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

dviguṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
vā -
vā (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vā (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
Cannot analyse catuḥṣaṣṭistaddoṣaguṇavidd*hi
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
saḥ -
saḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023