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 9.278

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अग्निदान्भक्तदांश्चैव तथा शस्त्रावकाशदान् ।
संनिधातॄंश्च मोषस्य हन्याच्चौरमिवेश्वरः ॥ २७८ ॥

agnidānbhaktadāṃścaiva tathā śastrāvakāśadān |
saṃnidhātṝṃśca moṣasya hanyāccauramiveśvaraḥ || 278 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 9.278 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 (9.278). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Agnida, Bhaktada, Tatha, Shastra, Aka, Samnidhatri, Mosha, Caura, Iva, Ishvara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 9.278). 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: “agnidānbhaktadāṃścaiva tathā śastrāvakāśadān ”
agnidān -
agnida (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
bhaktadāṃś -
bhaktada (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
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]
tathā -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
śastrāva -
śastra (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
akā -
aka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√ak (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
aśa -
aśan (noun, masculine)

[compound]
dān -
da (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
Line 2: “saṃnidhātṝṃśca moṣasya hanyāccauramiveśvaraḥ ”
saṃnidhātṝṃś -
saṃnidhātṛ (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
moṣasya -
moṣa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]
hanyāc -
√han (verb class 2)

[optative active third single]
cauram -
caura (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

caura (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

caurā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ive -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
iśvaraḥ -
iśvara (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023