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).

dhāryo'varuddhastvṛṇikaḥ prakāśaṃ janasaṃsadi |
yāvanna dadyāddeyaṃ ca deśācārasthitiryathā || 1 [580] ||
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viṇmūtraśaṅkā yasya syāddhāryamāṇasya dehinaḥ |
pṛṣṭhato vānugantavyo nibaddhaṃ vā samutsṛjet || 2 [581] ||
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sa kṛtapratibhūścaiva moktavyaḥ syāddine dine |
āhārakāle rātrau ca nibandhe pratibhūḥ sthitaḥ || 3 [582] ||
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yo darśanapratibhuvaṃ nādhigacchenna cāśrayet |
sa cārake niroddhavyaḥ sthāpyo vāvedya rakṣiṇaḥ || 4 [583] ||
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na cārake niroddhavya āryaḥ prātyayikaḥ śuciḥ |
so'nibaddhaḥ pramoktavyo nibaddhaḥ śapathena vā || 5 [584] ||
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pīḍanenoparodhena sādhayedṛṇikaṃ dhanī |
karmaṇā vyavahāreṇa sāntvenādau vibhāvitaḥ || 6 [585] ||
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ādadītārthaṃ evaṃ tu vyājenācaritena ca |
karmaṇā kṣatraviśśūdrānsamahīnāṃśca dāpayet || 7 [586] ||
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rājānaṃ svāminaṃ vipraṃ sāntvenaiva pradāpayet |
rikthinaṃ suhṛdaṃ vāpi cchalenaiva prasādhayet || 8 [587] ||
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vaṇijaḥ karṣakāścaiva śilpinaścābravīdbhṛguḥ |
deśācāreṇa dāpyāḥ syurduṣṭānsaṃpīḍya dāpayet || 9 [588] ||
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pīḍayettu dhanī yatra ṛṇikaṃ nyāyavādinam |
tasmādarthātsa hīyeta tatsamaṃ cāpnuyāddamam || 10 [589] ||
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yadi hyādāvanādiṣṭaṃ aśubhaṃ karma kārayet |
prāpnuyātsāhasaṃ pūrvaṃ ṛṇānmucyeta carṇikaḥ || 11 [590] ||
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uddhārādikaṃ ādāya svāmine na dadāti yaḥ |
sa tasya dāso bhṛtyaḥ strī paśurvā jāyate gṛhe || 12 [591] ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Katyayana-smriti Chapter 53

Cover of edition (2006)

Sixteen Minor Smrtis: 2 Volumes
by Manmatha Nath Dutt (2006)

Sanskrit Text, English Translation, Notes and an Introduction

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