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).

Verse 20.7 [171]

आचारेणावसन्नोऽपि पुनर्लेखयते यदि ।
सोऽभिधेयो जितः पूर्वं प्राङ्न्यायस्तु स उच्यते ॥ ७ [१७१] ॥

ācāreṇāvasanno'pi punarlekhayate yadi |
so'bhidheyo jitaḥ pūrvaṃ prāṅnyāyastu sa ucyate || 7 [171] ||

The English translation of Katyayana-smriti Verse 20.7 [171] is contained in the book Sixteen Minor Smrtis: 2 Volumes by Manmatha Nath Dutt. This book is not available online so in order to read the full text and translation you should buy the book:

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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 (20.7 [171]). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Acara, Avasanna, Api, Punar, Lekhayat, Yadi, Yad, Sah, Abhidheya, Jit, Jita, Purvam, Purva, Prannyaya, Ucyat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Katyayana-smriti Verse 20.7 [171]). 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: “ācāreṇāvasanno'pi punarlekhayate yadi
  • ācāreṇā -
  • ācāra (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • avasanno' -
  • avasanna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • punar -
  • punar (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    punar (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • lekhayate -
  • likh -> lekhayat (participle, masculine)
    [dative single from √likh]
    likh -> lekhayat (participle, neuter)
    [dative single from √likh]
    likh (verb class 0)
    [present middle third single]
  • yadi -
  • yadi (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    yadi (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yadi (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    yad (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • Line 2: “so'bhidheyo jitaḥ pūrvaṃ prāṅnyāyastu sa ucyate || 7 [171] |
  • so' -
  • saḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    so (noun, feminine)
    [compound]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • abhidheyo* -
  • abhidheya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • jitaḥ -
  • jit (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    jit (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    jita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    ji -> jita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √ji class 1 verb], [nominative single from √ji class 9 verb]
  • pūrvam -
  • pūrvam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    pūrva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pūrva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • prāṅnyāyas -
  • prāṅnyāya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • sa* -
  • saḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ucyate -
  • uc -> ucyat (participle, masculine)
    [dative single from √uc class 4 verb]
    uc -> ucyat (participle, neuter)
    [dative single from √uc class 4 verb]
    vac (verb class 2)
    [present passive third single]
    vac (verb class 3)
    [present passive third single]
  • Cannot analyse 7*17
  • Cannot analyse 171
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