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 9.97

कन्यायां दत्तशुल्कायां म्रियेत यदि शुल्कदः ।
देवराय प्रदातव्या यदि कन्याऽनुमन्यते ॥ ९७ ॥

kanyāyāṃ dattaśulkāyāṃ mriyeta yadi śulkadaḥ |
devarāya pradātavyā yadi kanyā'numanyate || 97 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 9.97 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 (9.97). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kanya, Dattashulka, Yadi, Yad, Shulkada, Devaraya, Devara, Pradatavya, Anu, Anyata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 9.97). 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: “kanyāyāṃ dattaśulkāyāṃ mriyeta yadi śulkadaḥ
  • kanyāyām -
  • kanyā (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • dattaśulkāyām -
  • dattaśulkā (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • mriyeta -
  • mṛ (verb class 1)
    [optative passive third single]
    mṛ (verb class 6)
    [optative active second plural], [optative middle third single], [optative passive third single]
  • yadi -
  • yadi (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    yadi (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yadi (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    yad (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • śulkadaḥ -
  • śulkada (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “devarāya pradātavyā yadi kanyā'numanyate
  • devarāya -
  • devarāya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    devara (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
  • pradātavyā* -
  • pradātavya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    pradātavyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • yadi -
  • yadi (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    yadi (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yadi (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    yad (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • kanyā' -
  • anum -
  • anu (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    anu (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • anyate -
  • anyatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
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