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 9.276

सन्धिं छित्त्वा तु ये चौर्यं रात्रौ कुर्वन्ति तस्कराः ।
तेषां छित्त्वा नृपो हस्तौ तीक्ष्णे शूले निवेशयेत् ॥ २७६ ॥

sandhiṃ chittvā tu ye cauryaṃ rātrau kurvanti taskarāḥ |
teṣāṃ chittvā nṛpo hastau tīkṣṇe śūle niveśayet || 276 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 9.276 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 (9.276). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sandhi, Yah, Yat, Caurya, Ratrau, Ratra, Kurvat, Taskara, Tad, Nripa, Hasta, Tikshna, Shula, Shuli,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 9.276). 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: “sandhiṃ chittvā tu ye cauryaṃ rātrau kurvanti taskarāḥ
  • sandhim -
  • sandhi (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    sandhi (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • chittvā -
  • chid -> chittvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √chid]
    chid -> chittvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √chid]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • ye -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • cauryam -
  • caurya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • rātrau -
  • rātrau (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    rātra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • kurvanti -
  • kurvat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    kṛ -> kurvat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb]
    kṛ (verb class 8)
    [present active third plural]
  • taskarāḥ -
  • taskara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • Line 2: “teṣāṃ chittvā nṛpo hastau tīkṣṇe śūle niveśayet
  • teṣām -
  • tad (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
  • chittvā -
  • chid -> chittvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √chid]
    chid -> chittvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √chid]
  • nṛpo* -
  • nṛpa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • hastau -
  • hasta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • tīkṣṇe -
  • tīkṣṇa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    tīkṣṇa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    tīkṣṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • śūle -
  • śūla (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    śūla (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    śūlā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    śūli (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    śūli (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    śūl (verb class 1)
    [present middle first single]
  • ni -
  • ni (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ni (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ni (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    ni (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • veśayet -
  • viś (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
    viś (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
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