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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 29.13 [351]
स्त्रीणां साक्ष्यं स्त्रियः कुर्युर्द्विजानां सदृशा द्विजाः ।
शूद्राश्च सन्तः शूद्राणां अन्त्यानां अन्त्ययोनयः ॥ १३ [३५१] ॥
strīṇāṃ sākṣyaṃ striyaḥ kuryurdvijānāṃ sadṛśā dvijāḥ |
śūdrāśca santaḥ śūdrāṇāṃ antyānāṃ antyayonayaḥ || 13 [351] ||
The English translation of Katyayana-smriti Verse 29.13 [351] 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 (29.13 [351]). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Stri, Sakshya, Sakshi, Dvija, Sadrisha, Shudra, Sat, Santa, Antya, Antyayoni,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Katyayana-smriti Verse 29.13 [351]). 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: “strīṇāṃ sākṣyaṃ striyaḥ kuryurdvijānāṃ sadṛśā dvijāḥ ”
- strīṇām -
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strī (noun, feminine)[genitive plural]
- 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]
- striyaḥ -
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strī (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- kuryur -
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√kṛ (verb class 8)[optative active third plural]
- dvijānām -
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dvija (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]dvija (noun, neuter)[genitive plural]dvijā (noun, feminine)[genitive plural]
- sadṛśā* -
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sadṛśa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]sadṛśā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- dvijāḥ -
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dvija (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]dvijā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- Line 2: “śūdrāśca santaḥ śūdrāṇāṃ antyānāṃ antyayonayaḥ || 13 [351] |”
- śūdrāś -
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śūdra (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]śūdrā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- santaḥ -
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sat (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]santa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√sam -> santa (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √sam class 1 verb]
- śūdrāṇām -
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śūdra (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]śūdrā (noun, feminine)[genitive plural]
- antyānām -
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antya (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]antya (noun, neuter)[genitive plural]antyā (noun, feminine)[genitive plural]
- antyayonayaḥ -
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antyayoni (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]antyayoni (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- Cannot analyse 13*35
- Cannot analyse 351