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 63.10 [722]

शूद्रं तु कारयेद्दासं क्रीतं अक्रीतं एव वा ।
दास्यायैव हि सृष्टः स स्वयं एव स्वयं भुवा ॥ १० [७२२] ॥

śūdraṃ tu kārayeddāsaṃ krītaṃ akrītaṃ eva vā |
dāsyāyaiva hi sṛṣṭaḥ sa svayaṃ eva svayaṃ bhuvā || 10 [722] ||

The English translation of Katyayana-smriti Verse 63.10 [722] 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 (63.10 [722]). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shudra, Dasa, Krita, Akrita, Eva, Dasya, Srishta, Svayam,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Katyayana-smriti Verse 63.10 [722]). 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: “śūdraṃ tu kārayeddāsaṃ krītaṃ akrītaṃ eva
  • śūdram -
  • śūdra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śūdrā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • kārayed -
  • kṛ (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • dāsam -
  • dāsa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dāsa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    dāsā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • krītam -
  • krīta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    krīta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    krītā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    krī -> krīta (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √krī class 9 verb]
    krī -> krīta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √krī class 9 verb], [accusative single from √krī class 9 verb]
  • akrītam -
  • akrīta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    akrīta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    akrītā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • -
  • (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • Line 2: “dāsyāyaiva hi sṛṣṭaḥ sa svayaṃ eva svayaṃ bhuvā || 10 [722] |
  • dāsyāyai -
  • dāsya (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
    das -> dāsya (participle, masculine)
    [dative single from √das]
    das -> dāsya (participle, neuter)
    [dative single from √das]
    das -> dāsyā (participle, feminine)
    [dative single from √das]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • sṛṣṭaḥ -
  • sṛṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    sṛj -> sṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √sṛj class 6 verb]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • svayam -
  • svayam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • svayam -
  • svayam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • bhuvā* -
  • Cannot analyse 10*72
  • Cannot analyse 722
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