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 8.345

वाग्दुष्टात्तस्कराच्चैव दण्डेनैव च हिंसतः ।
साहसस्य नरः कर्ता विज्ञेयः पापकृत्तमः ॥ ३४५ ॥

vāgduṣṭāttaskarāccaiva daṇḍenaiva ca hiṃsataḥ |
sāhasasya naraḥ kartā vijñeyaḥ pāpakṛttamaḥ || 345 ||

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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

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Vagdushta, Taskara, Danda, Himsat, Sahasa, Nara, Nri, Karta, Vijneya, Papakrit, Tama, Tamas,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

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  • Line 1: “vāgduṣṭāttaskarāccaiva daṇḍenaiva ca hiṃsataḥ
  • vāgduṣṭāt -
  • vāgduṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    vāgduṣṭa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • taskarāc -
  • taskara (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • cai -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • daṇḍenai -
  • daṇḍa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • hiṃsataḥ -
  • hiṃs -> hiṃsat (participle, masculine)
    [accusative plural from √hiṃs class 1 verb], [ablative single from √hiṃs class 1 verb], [genitive single from √hiṃs class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √hiṃs class 7 verb], [ablative single from √hiṃs class 7 verb], [genitive single from √hiṃs class 7 verb]
    hiṃs -> hiṃsat (participle, neuter)
    [ablative single from √hiṃs class 1 verb], [genitive single from √hiṃs class 1 verb], [ablative single from √hiṃs class 7 verb], [genitive single from √hiṃs class 7 verb]
    hiṃsat (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    hiṃsat (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    hiṃsat (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    hiṃs (verb class 1)
    [present active third dual]
  • Line 2: “sāhasasya naraḥ kartā vijñeyaḥ pāpakṛttamaḥ
  • sāhasasya -
  • sāhasa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    sāhasa (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • naraḥ -
  • nara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    nṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • kartā* -
  • karta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    kartā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • vijñeyaḥ -
  • vijñeya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • pāpakṛt -
  • pāpakṛt (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    pāpakṛt (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • tamaḥ -
  • tamas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    tama (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
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