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 10.120

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धान्येऽष्टमं विशां शुल्कं विंशं कार्षापणावरम् ।
कर्मोपकरणाः शूद्राः कारवः शिल्पिनस्तथा ॥ १२० ॥

dhānye'ṣṭamaṃ viśāṃ śulkaṃ viṃśaṃ kārṣāpaṇāvaram |
karmopakaraṇāḥ śūdrāḥ kāravaḥ śilpinastathā || 120 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 10.120 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 (10.120). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dhanya, Ashtama, Visha, Vish, Shulka, Vimsha, Karshapanavara, Karmopakarana, Shudra, Karava, Karu, Shilpin, Tatha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 10.120). 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: “dhānye'ṣṭamaṃ viśāṃ śulkaṃ viṃśaṃ kārṣāpaṇāvaram ”
dhānye' -
dhānya (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

dhānya (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

dhānyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
aṣṭamam -
aṣṭama (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

aṣṭama (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
viśām -
viśā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

viś (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
śulkam -
śulka (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śulka (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
viṃśam -
viṃśa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

viṃśa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
kārṣāpaṇāvaram -
kārṣāpaṇāvara (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kārṣāpaṇāvara (noun, neuter)

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

kārṣāpaṇāvarā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “karmopakaraṇāḥ śūdrāḥ kāravaḥ śilpinastathā ”
karmopakaraṇāḥ -
karmopakaraṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

karmopakaraṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
śūdrāḥ -
śūdra (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

śūdrā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
kāravaḥ -
kārava (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

kāru (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
śilpinas -
śilpin (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

śilpin (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
tathā -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023