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 8.397

तन्तुवायो दशपलं दद्यादेकपलाधिकम् ।
अतोऽन्यथा वर्तमानो दाप्यो द्वादशकं दमम् ॥ ३९७ ॥

tantuvāyo daśapalaṃ dadyādekapalādhikam |
ato'nyathā vartamāno dāpyo dvādaśakaṃ damam || 397 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.397 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 (8.397). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tantuvaya, Dashapala, Ekapaladhika, Atah, Anyatha, Vartamana, Dapya, Dvadashaka, Dama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.397). 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: “tantuvāyo daśapalaṃ dadyādekapalādhikam
  • tantuvāyo* -
  • tantuvāya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • daśapalam -
  • daśapala (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    daśapala (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    daśapalā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • dadyād -
  • (verb class 3)
    [optative active third single]
  • ekapalādhikam -
  • ekapalādhika (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “ato'nyathā vartamāno dāpyo dvādaśakaṃ damam
  • ato' -
  • ataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • anyathā* -
  • anyathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • vartamāno* -
  • vartamāna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    vṛt -> vartamāna (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √vṛt class 1 verb]
  • dāpyo* -
  • dāpya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    -> dāpya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √]
  • dvādaśakam -
  • dvādaśaka (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dvādaśaka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • damam -
  • dama (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dama (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    damā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
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