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 26.31 [296]

मुद्राशुद्धं क्रियाशुद्धं भुक्तिशुद्धं सचिह्नकम् ।
राज्ञः स्वहस्तसंशुद्धं शुद्धिं आयाति शासनम् ॥ ३१ [२९६] ॥

mudrāśuddhaṃ kriyāśuddhaṃ bhuktiśuddhaṃ sacihnakam |
rājñaḥ svahastasaṃśuddhaṃ śuddhiṃ āyāti śāsanam || 31 [296] ||

The English translation of Katyayana-smriti Verse 26.31 [296] 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 (26.31 [296]). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Mudra, Ashuddha, Kriya, Shuddha, Sacihna, Kah, Rajan, Svahasta, Samshuddha, Shuddhi, Ayat, Shasana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Katyayana-smriti Verse 26.31 [296]). 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: “mudrāśuddhaṃ kriyāśuddhaṃ bhuktiśuddhaṃ sacihnakam
  • mudrā -
  • mudra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    mudra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    mudrā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aśuddham -
  • aśuddha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    aśuddha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    aśuddhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • kriyā -
  • kriya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kriyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    kṛ (verb class 6)
    [imperative active second single]
  • aśuddham -
  • aśuddha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    aśuddha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    aśuddhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • bhukti -
  • bhukti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • śuddham -
  • śuddha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śuddha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    śuddhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    śudh -> śuddha (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √śudh class 1 verb], [accusative single from √śudh class 4 verb]
    śudh -> śuddha (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √śudh class 1 verb], [accusative single from √śudh class 1 verb], [nominative single from √śudh class 4 verb], [accusative single from √śudh class 4 verb]
  • sacihna -
  • sacihna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sacihna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kam -
  • ka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    ka (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “rājñaḥ svahastasaṃśuddhaṃ śuddhiṃ āyāti śāsanam || 31 [296] |
  • rājñaḥ -
  • rājan (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • svahasta -
  • svahasta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • saṃśuddham -
  • saṃśuddha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    saṃśuddha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    saṃśuddhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • śuddhim -
  • śuddhi (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • āyāti -
  • āyāti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    āyāti (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    āyāt (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    āyāt (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    āyāt (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • śāsanam -
  • śāsana (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śāsana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    śāsanā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Cannot analyse 31
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