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 8.372

पुमांसं दाहयेत्पापं शयने तप्त आयसे ।
अभ्यादध्युश्च काष्ठानि तत्र दह्येत पापकृत् ॥ ३७२ ॥

pumāṃsaṃ dāhayetpāpaṃ śayane tapta āyase |
abhyādadhyuśca kāṣṭhāni tatra dahyeta pāpakṛt || 372 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.372 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 (8.372). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pums, Papam, Papa, Shayana, Taptri, Tapta, Ayasa, Ayas, Abhi, Kashtha, Tatra, Papakrit,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.372). 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: “pumāṃsaṃ dāhayetpāpaṃ śayane tapta āyase
  • pumāṃsam -
  • puṃs (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • dāhayet -
  • dah (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • pāpam -
  • pāpam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    pāpa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pāpa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    pāpā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • śayane -
  • śayana (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    śayana (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    śayanā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • tapta* -
  • taptṛ (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    tapta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    tap -> tapta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √tap class 1 verb], [nominative single from √tap class 4 verb]
  • āyase -
  • āyasa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    āyasa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    āyas (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
  • Line 2: “abhyādadhyuśca kāṣṭhāni tatra dahyeta pāpakṛt
  • abhyā -
  • abhi (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    abhyā (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • dadhyuś -
  • dhā (verb class 3)
    [optative active third plural]
    dhyā (verb class 1)
    [perfect active third plural]
    dhyā (verb class 2)
    [perfect active third plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kāṣṭhāni -
  • kāṣṭha (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • tatra -
  • tatra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tatra (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • dahyeta -
  • dah (verb class 1)
    [optative passive third single]
  • pāpakṛt -
  • pāpakṛt (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    pāpakṛt (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
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