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 8.340

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योऽदत्तादायिनो हस्तात्लिप्सेत ब्राह्मणो धनम् ।
याजनाध्यापनेनापि यथा स्तेनस्तथैव सः ॥ ३४० ॥

yo'dattādāyino hastātlipseta brāhmaṇo dhanam |
yājanādhyāpanenāpi yathā stenastathaiva saḥ || 340 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.340 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 (8.340). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yah, Adattadayin, Hasta, Brahmana, Dhana, Yajana, Adhyapana, Api, Yatha, Stena, Tatha, Sah,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.340). 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: “yo'dattādāyino hastātlipseta brāhmaṇo dhanam ”
yo' -
yaḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yu (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

yu (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
adattādāyino* -
adattādāyin (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
hastāt -
hasta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

hasta (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
lipseta -
√labh (verb class 0)

[optative middle third single]
brāhmaṇo* -
brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
dhanam -
dhana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

dhana (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “yājanādhyāpanenāpi yathā stenastathaiva saḥ ”
yājanā -
yājana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
adhyāpanenā -
adhyāpana (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
stenas -
stena (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tathai -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tatha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tatha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
saḥ -
saḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023