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 9.248

ब्राह्मणान्बाधमानं तु कामादवरवर्णजम् ।
हन्याच्चित्रैर्वधोपायैरुद्वेजनकरैर्नृपः ॥ २४८ ॥

brāhmaṇānbādhamānaṃ tu kāmādavaravarṇajam |
hanyāccitrairvadhopāyairudvejanakarairnṛpaḥ || 248 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 9.248 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 (9.248). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Brahmana, Badha, Ana, Kamat, Kama, Avaravarnaja, Citra, Vadhopaya, Udvejanakara, Nripa,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 9.248). 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: “brāhmaṇānbādhamānaṃ tu kāmādavaravarṇajam
  • brāhmaṇān -
  • brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • bādham -
  • bādha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    bādhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ānam -
  • āna (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    an (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • kāmād -
  • kāmāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kāma (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    kāma (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • avaravarṇajam -
  • avaravarṇaja (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “hanyāccitrairvadhopāyairudvejanakarairnṛpaḥ
  • hanyāc -
  • han (verb class 2)
    [optative active third single]
  • citrair -
  • citra (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    citra (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • vadhopāyair -
  • vadhopāya (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • udvejanakarair -
  • udvejanakara (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    udvejanakara (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • nṛpaḥ -
  • nṛpa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
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