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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 9.240
प्रायश्चित्तं तु कुर्वाणाः सर्ववर्णा यथोदितम् ।
नाङ्क्या राज्ञा ललाटे स्युर्दाप्यास्तूत्तमसाहसम् ॥ २४० ॥
prāyaścittaṃ tu kurvāṇāḥ sarvavarṇā yathoditam |
nāṅkyā rājñā lalāṭe syurdāpyāstūttamasāhasam || 240 ||
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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 (9.240). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Prayashcitta, Kurvana, Sarvavarna, Yathodita, Nri, Anki, Ankya, Rajan, Lalate, Lalata, Dapya, Uttamasahasa,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
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- Line 1: “prāyaścittaṃ tu kurvāṇāḥ sarvavarṇā yathoditam ”
- prāyaścittam -
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prāyaścitta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]prāyaścitta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]prāyaścittā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- kurvāṇāḥ -
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kurvāṇa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]kurvāṇā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√kṛ -> kurvāṇa (participle, masculine)[nominative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb]√kṛ -> kurvāṇā (participle, feminine)[nominative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb]
- sarvavarṇā* -
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sarvavarṇa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]sarvavarṇā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- yathoditam -
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yathodita (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]yathodita (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]yathoditā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Line 2: “nāṅkyā rājñā lalāṭe syurdāpyāstūttamasāhasam ”
- nā -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]nā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]nṛ (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- aṅkyā* -
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aṅkī (noun, feminine)[ablative single], [genitive single]aṅkya (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]aṅkyā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- rājñā -
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rājan (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]
- lalāṭe -
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lalāṭe (indeclinable)[indeclinable]lalāṭa (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- syur -
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√as (verb class 2)[optative active third plural]
- dāpyās -
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dāpya (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]dāpyā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√dā -> dāpya (participle, masculine)[nominative plural from √dā], [vocative plural from √dā]√dā -> dāpyā (participle, feminine)[nominative plural from √dā], [vocative plural from √dā], [accusative plural from √dā]
- tū -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- uttamasāhasam -
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uttamasāhasa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]