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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 80.17 [960]
सम्यग्दण्डप्रणेतारो नृपाः पूज्याः सुरैरपि ।
आरम्भे प्रधमं दद्यात्प्रवृत्तौ मध्यमः स्मृतः ।
यस्य यो विहितो दण्डः पर्याप्तस्य स वै भवेत् ॥ १७ [९६०] ॥
samyagdaṇḍapraṇetāro nṛpāḥ pūjyāḥ surairapi |
ārambhe pradhamaṃ dadyātpravṛttau madhyamaḥ smṛtaḥ |
yasya yo vihito daṇḍaḥ paryāptasya sa vai bhavet || 17 [960] ||
The English translation of Katyayana-smriti Verse 80.17 [960] 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 (80.17 [960]). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Samyak, Danda, Pranetri, Nripa, Pujya, Sura, Api, Arambha, Pradha, Pravritta, Pravritti, Madhyama, Smrita, Yasya, Yah, Yat, Vihita, Paryapta,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Katyayana-smriti Verse 80.17 [960]). 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: “samyagdaṇḍapraṇetāro nṛpāḥ pūjyāḥ surairapi ”
- samyag -
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samyak (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- daṇḍa -
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daṇḍa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- praṇetāro* -
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praṇetṛ (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- nṛpāḥ -
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nṛpa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- pūjyāḥ -
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pūjya (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]pūjyā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√pūj -> pūjya (participle, masculine)[nominative plural from √pūj class 10 verb], [vocative plural from √pūj class 10 verb]√pūj -> pūjyā (participle, feminine)[nominative plural from √pūj class 10 verb], [vocative plural from √pūj class 10 verb], [accusative plural from √pūj class 10 verb]
- surair -
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sura (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]sura (noun, neuter)[instrumental plural]
- api -
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api (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]ap (noun, neuter)[locative single]api (Preverb)[Preverb]
- Line 2: “ārambhe pradhamaṃ dadyātpravṛttau madhyamaḥ smṛtaḥ ”
- ārambhe -
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ārambha (noun, masculine)[locative single]ārambhā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- pradham -
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pradha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]pradhā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- am -
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a (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ā (noun, feminine)[adverb]e (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- dadyāt -
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√dā (verb class 3)[optative active third single]
- pravṛttau -
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pravṛtta (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]pravṛtti (noun, feminine)[locative single]
- madhyamaḥ -
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madhyama (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- smṛtaḥ -
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smṛta (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√smṛ -> smṛta (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]
- Line 3: “yasya yo vihito daṇḍaḥ paryāptasya sa vai bhavet || 17 [960] |”
- yasya -
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yasya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]yasya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√yas -> yasya (absolutive)[absolutive from √yas]ya (noun, masculine)[genitive single]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[genitive single]yat (pronoun, neuter)[genitive single]√yas (verb class 4)[imperative active second single]
- yo* -
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yaḥ (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]ya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative single]
- vihito* -
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vihita (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- daṇḍaḥ -
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daṇḍa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- paryāptasya -
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paryāpta (noun, masculine)[genitive single]paryāpta (noun, neuter)[genitive single]
- sa -
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sa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- vai -
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√vā (verb class 1)[present middle first single], [imperative middle first single]
- bhavet -
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√bhū (verb class 1)[optative active third single]
- Cannot analyse 17*96
- Cannot analyse 960