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 8.371

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भर्तारं लङ्घयेद्या तु स्त्री ज्ञातिगुणदर्पिता ।
तां श्वभिः खादयेद् राजा संस्थाने बहुसंस्थिते ॥ ३७१ ॥

bhartāraṃ laṅghayedyā tu strī jñātiguṇadarpitā |
tāṃ śvabhiḥ khādayed rājā saṃsthāne bahusaṃsthite || 371 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.371 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 (8.371). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bhartri, Stri, Guna, Darpita, Shvan, Kha, Raja, Rajan, Raj, Samsthana, Bahusamsthita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.371). 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: “bhartāraṃ laṅghayedyā tu strī jñātiguṇadarpitā ”
bhartāram -
bhartṛ (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
laṅghayed -
√laṅgh (verb class 10)

[optative active third single]

√laṅgh (verb class 0)

[optative active third single]
yā -
yā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

yā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
strī -
strī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]
jñāti -
jñāti (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]
guṇa -
guṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
darpitā -
darpitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√dṛp -> darpitā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √dṛp]

√dṛp (verb class 4)

[periphrastic-future active third single]

√dṛp (verb class 6)

[periphrastic-future active third single]
Line 2: “tāṃ śvabhiḥ khādayed rājā saṃsthāne bahusaṃsthite ”
tām -
tā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

sā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
śvabhiḥ -
śvan (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
khā -
kha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

khā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ādayed -
√ad (verb class 0)

[optative active third single]
rājā -
rājā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

rājan (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

rāj (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

rāj (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
saṃsthāne -
saṃsthāna (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

saṃsthāna (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

saṃsthānā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
bahusaṃsthite -
bahusaṃsthita (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

bahusaṃsthita (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

bahusaṃsthitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023