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 9.224

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द्यूतं समाह्वयं चैव यः कुर्यात्कारयेत वा ।
तान् सर्वान् घातयेद् राजा शूद्रांश्च द्विजलिङ्गिनः ॥ २२४ ॥

dyūtaṃ samāhvayaṃ caiva yaḥ kuryātkārayeta vā |
tān sarvān ghātayed rājā śūdrāṃśca dvijaliṅginaḥ || 224 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 9.224 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 (9.224). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dyuta, Samahvaya, Yah, Sarva, Raja, Rajan, Raj, Shudra, Dvijalingin,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 9.224). 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: “dyūtaṃ samāhvayaṃ caiva yaḥ kuryātkārayeta vā ”
dyūtam -
dyūta (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
samāhvayam -
samāhvaya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
yaḥ -
yaḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kuryāt -
√kṛ (verb class 8)

[optative active third single]
kārayeta -
√kṛ (verb class 0)

[optative active second plural], [optative middle third single]
vā -
vā (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vā (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
Line 2: “tān sarvān ghātayed rājā śūdrāṃśca dvijaliṅginaḥ ”
tān -
ta (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]

sa (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
sarvān -
sarva (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
ghātayed -
√han (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]
śūdrāṃś -
śūdra (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dvijaliṅginaḥ -
dvijaliṅgin (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

dvijaliṅgin (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023