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 61.3 [680]

ब्राह्मणानां समूहस्तु गणः संपरिकीर्तितः ।
शिल्पोपजीविनो ये तु शिल्पिनः परिकीर्तिताः ॥ ३ [६८०] ॥

brāhmaṇānāṃ samūhastu gaṇaḥ saṃparikīrtitaḥ |
śilpopajīvino ye tu śilpinaḥ parikīrtitāḥ || 3 [680] ||

The English translation of Katyayana-smriti Verse 61.3 [680] 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 (61.3 [680]). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Brahmana, Samuha, Gana, Samparikirtita, Shilpopajivin, Yah, Yat, Shilpin, Parikirtita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Katyayana-smriti Verse 61.3 [680]). 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: “brāhmaṇānāṃ samūhastu gaṇaḥ saṃparikīrtitaḥ
  • brāhmaṇānām -
  • brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    brāhmaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    brāhmaṇā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • samūhas -
  • samūha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • gaṇaḥ -
  • gaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • samparikīrtitaḥ -
  • samparikīrtita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “śilpopajīvino ye tu śilpinaḥ parikīrtitāḥ || 3 [680] |
  • śilpopajīvino* -
  • śilpopajīvin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • ye -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • śilpinaḥ -
  • śilpin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    śilpin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • parikīrtitāḥ -
  • parikīrtita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    parikīrtitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Cannot analyse 3*68
  • Cannot analyse 680
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