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Katyayana-smriti [sanskrit]
by Manmatha Nath Dutt | 2006 | 9,945 words | ISBN-10: 8171102794
The Sanskrit edition of the Katyayana-smriti referencing the English translation and grammatical analysis. The Katyayana-smriti is one of the minor works on Dharmashastra as mentioned in the Yajnavalkya-smriti. Katyayana is the author of a clear and full treatise on law and also wrote on grammar and other subjects. Alternative titles: Kātyāyanasmṛti (कात्यायनस्मृतिः), Kātyāyana-smṛti (कात्यायन-स्मृति).
Chapter 25
lekhyaṃ tu dvividhaṃ proktaṃ svahastānyakṛtaṃ tathā |
asākṣimatsākṣimacca siddhirdeśasthitestayoḥ || 1 [249] ||
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grāhakeṇa svahastena likhitaṃ sākṣivarajitam |
svahastalekhyaṃ vijñeyaṃ pramāṇaṃ tatsmṛtaṃ budhaiḥ || 2 [250] ||
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utpattijātisaṃjñāṃ ca dhanasaṃkhyāṃ ca lekhayet |
smaratyevaṃ prayuktasya naśyedarthastvalekhitaḥ || 3 [251] ||
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lekhyaṃ tu sākṣimatkāryaṃ aviluptākṣarakramam |
deśācārasthitiyutaṃ samagraṃ sarvavastuṣu || 4 [252] ||
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varṇavākyakriyāyuktaṃ asaṃdigdhaṃ sphuṭākṣaram |
ahīnakramacihnaṃ ca lekhyaṃ tatsiddhiṃ āpnuyāt || 5 [253] ||
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cātruvidyapuraśreṇī gaṇapaurādikasthitiḥ |
tatsidhyarthaṃ tu yallekhyaṃ tadbhavetsthitipatrakam || 6 [254] ||
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abhiśāpe samuttīrṇe prāyaścitte kṛte janaiḥ |
viśuddhipatrakaṃ jñeyaṃ tebhyaḥ sākṣisamanvitam || 7 [255] ||
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uttameṣu samasteṣu abhiśāpe samāgate |
vṛttānuvādalekhyaṃ yattajjñeyaṃ sandhipatrakam || 8 [256] ||
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sīmāvivāde nirṇīte sīmāpatraṃ vidhīyate || 9 [257] ||
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rājñaḥ svahastasaṃyuktaṃ samudrācihnitaṃ tathā |
rājakīyaṃ smṛtaṃ lekhyaṃ sarveṣvartheṣu sākṣimat || 10 [258] ||
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arthipratyarthivākyāni pratijñā sākṣivāktathā |
nirṇayaśca yathā tasya yathā cāvadhṛtaṃ svayam || 11 [259] ||
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etadyathākṣaraṃ lekhye yathāpūrvaṃ niveśayet |
abhiyoktṛabhiyuktānāṃ vacanaṃ prāṅniveśayet || 12 [260] ||
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sabhyānāṃ prāḍvivākasya kulānāṃ vā tataḥ param |
niścayaṃ smṛtiśāstrasya mataṃ tatraiva lekhayet || 13 [261] ||
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siddhenārthena saṃyojyo vādī satkārapūrvakam |
lekhyaṃ svahastasaṃyuktaṃ tasmai dadyāttu pārthivaḥ || 14 [262] ||
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sabhāsadaśca ye tatra smṛtiśāstravidaḥ sthitāḥ |
yathālekhyavidhhau tadvatsvahastaṃ tatra dāpayet || 15 [263] ||
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anena vidhinā lekhyaṃ paścātkāraṃ vidurbudhāḥ |
nirastā tu kriyā yatra pramāṇenaiva vādinā |
paścātkāro bhavettatra na sarvāsu vidhīyate || 16 [264] ||
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anyavādīādihīnebhya itareṣāṃ pradīyate |
vṛttānuvādasaṃsiddhaṃ tacca syājjayapatrakam || 17 [265] ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Katyayana-smriti Chapter 25
Sixteen Minor Smrtis: 2 Volumes
by Manmatha Nath Dutt (2006)
Sanskrit Text, English Translation, Notes and an Introduction
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