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 8.366

उत्तमां सेवमानस्तु जघन्यो वधमर्हति ।
शुल्कं दद्यात्सेवमानः समामिच्छेत्पिता यदि ॥ ३६६ ॥

uttamāṃ sevamānastu jaghanyo vadhamarhati |
śulkaṃ dadyātsevamānaḥ samāmicchetpitā yadi || 366 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.366 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 (8.366). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Uttama, Sevamana, Jaghanya, Vadha, Arhat, Shulka, Sama, Pitri, Yadi, Yad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.366). 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: “uttamāṃ sevamānastu jaghanyo vadhamarhati
  • uttamām -
  • uttamā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • sevamānas -
  • sev -> sevamāna (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √sev class 1 verb]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • jaghanyo* -
  • jaghanya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • vadham -
  • vadha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vadhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • arhati -
  • arhat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    arhat (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    arh (verb class 1)
    [present active third single]
  • Line 2: “śulkaṃ dadyātsevamānaḥ samāmicchetpitā yadi
  • śulkam -
  • śulka (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śulka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • dadyāt -
  • (verb class 3)
    [optative active third single]
  • sevamānaḥ -
  • sev -> sevamāna (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √sev class 1 verb]
  • samām -
  • samā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • icchet -
  • iṣ (verb class 6)
    [optative active third single]
  • pitā -
  • pitṛ (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
  • yadi -
  • yadi (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    yadi (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yadi (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    yad (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
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