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 9.228

प्रच्छन्नं वा प्रकाशं वा तन्निषेवेत यो नरः ।
तस्य दण्डविकल्पः स्याद्यथेष्टं नृपतेस्तथा ॥ २२८ ॥

pracchannaṃ vā prakāśaṃ vā tanniṣeveta yo naraḥ |
tasya daṇḍavikalpaḥ syādyatheṣṭaṃ nṛpatestathā || 228 ||

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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 (9.228). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pracchanna, Prakasha, Tan, Ish, Isha, Ishi, Veta, Yah, Nara, Nri, Tad, Dandavikalpa, Syadya, Tha, Ishtam, Ishta, Nripati, Tatha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 9.228). 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: “pracchannaṃ prakāśaṃ tanniṣeveta yo naraḥ
  • pracchannam -
  • pracchanna (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pracchanna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    pracchannā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • -
  • (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • prakāśam -
  • prakāśa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    prakāśa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    prakāśā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • -
  • (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • tann -
  • tan (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • iṣe -
  • iṣ (noun, feminine)
    [dative single]
    iṣ (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    iṣ (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
    iṣa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    iṣa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    iṣā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    iṣi (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    i (verb class 2)
    [present middle second single]
  • veta -
  • veta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • yo* -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • naraḥ -
  • nara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    nṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • Line 2: “tasya daṇḍavikalpaḥ syādyatheṣṭaṃ nṛpatestathā
  • tasya -
  • tas -> tasya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √tas]
    ta (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    tas (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single]
  • daṇḍavikalpaḥ -
  • daṇḍavikalpa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • syādya -
  • syad -> syādya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √syad class 1 verb]
    syad -> syādya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √syad class 1 verb]
  • the -
  • tha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    tha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • iṣṭam -
  • iṣṭam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    iṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    iṣṭa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    iṣṭā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    iṣ -> iṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √iṣ class 6 verb]
    iṣ -> iṣṭa (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √iṣ class 6 verb], [accusative single from √iṣ class 6 verb]
    yaj -> iṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √yaj class 1 verb]
    yaj -> iṣṭa (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √yaj class 1 verb], [accusative single from √yaj class 1 verb]
  • nṛpates -
  • nṛpati (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • tathā -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
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