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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).
Verse 29.6 [344]
देवब्राह्मनसान्निध्ये साक्ष्यं पृच्छेदृतं द्विजान् ।
उदङ्मुखान्प्राङ्मुखान्वा पूर्वाह्णे वै शुचिः शुचीन् ॥ ६ [३४४] ॥
devabrāhmanasānnidhye sākṣyaṃ pṛcchedṛtaṃ dvijān |
udaṅmukhānprāṅmukhānvā pūrvāhṇe vai śuciḥ śucīn || 6 [344] ||
The English translation of Katyayana-smriti Verse 29.6 [344] 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 (29.6 [344]). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Deva, Brahma, Nasa, Sakshya, Sakshi, Ritam, Rita, Dvija, Udanmukha, Pranmukha, Purvahna, Shuci,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Katyayana-smriti Verse 29.6 [344]). 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: “devabrāhmanasānnidhye sākṣyaṃ pṛcchedṛtaṃ dvijān ”
- deva -
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deva (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]deva (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]devan (noun, masculine)[compound]√div (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- brāhma -
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brāhma (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]brāhma (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- nasānn -
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nasa (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- idhye -
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√indh (verb class 7)[present passive first single]
- sākṣyam -
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sākṣya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]sākṣya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]sākṣyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√sākṣ -> sākṣya (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √sākṣ class 1 verb]√sākṣ -> sākṣya (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √sākṣ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √sākṣ class 1 verb]sākṣī (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- pṛcched -
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√praś (verb class 6)[optative active third single]
- ṛtam -
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ṛtam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]ṛta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ṛta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]ṛtā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- dvijān -
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dvija (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- Line 2: “udaṅmukhānprāṅmukhānvā pūrvāhṇe vai śuciḥ śucīn || 6 [344] |”
- udaṅmukhān -
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udaṅmukha (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- prāṅmukhān -
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prāṅmukha (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- vā -
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vā (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]vā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√vā (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- pūrvāhṇe -
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pūrvāhṇa (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- vai -
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√vā (verb class 1)[present middle first single], [imperative middle first single]
- śuciḥ -
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śuci (noun, masculine)[nominative single]śuci (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- śucīn -
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śuci (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- Cannot analyse 6*34
- Cannot analyse 344