Manusmriti [sanskrit]

by Ganganatha Jha | 1920 | 23,875 words | ISBN-10: 8120811550 | ISBN-13: 9788120811553

This is the Sanskrit text of the Manusmriti, which is a collection of verses dealing with ‘Dharma-Shastra’—the ancient Indian science of Law, Spritual life, Politics and Ethics.. The edition of this text is based on Ganganatha Jha’s translation of the same text.

Verse 3.242

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खञ्जो वा यदि वा काणो दातुः प्रेष्योऽपि वा भवेत् ।
हीनातिरिक्तगात्रो वा तमप्यपनयेत्पुनः ॥ २४२ ॥

khañjo vā yadi vā kāṇo dātuḥ preṣyo'pi vā bhavet |
hīnātiriktagātro vā tamapyapanayetpunaḥ || 242 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 3.242 is contained in the book Manusmrti (Sanskrit and English) by Ganganath Jha. This book is available online or you could buy the latest edition:
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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 (3.242). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Khanj, Khanja, Var, Yadi, Yad, Kana, Datri, Datu, Preshya, Api, Hinatiriktagatra, Puna,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 3.242). 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: “khañjo vā yadi vā kāṇo dātuḥ preṣyo'pi vā bhavet ”
khañjo* -
khañj (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

khañj (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

khañja (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vā* -
vār (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

vār (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

va (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
yadi -
yadi (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

yadi (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yadi (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yad (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
vā -
vā (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vā (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
kāṇo* -
kāṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
dātuḥ -
dātṛ (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

dātu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

dātu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
preṣyo' -
preṣya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√preṣ -> preṣya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √preṣ class 1 verb]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
vā* -
vār (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

vār (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

va (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
bhavet -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]
Line 2: “hīnātiriktagātro vā tamapyapanayetpunaḥ ”
hīnātiriktagātro* -
hīnātiriktagātra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vā -
vā (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vā (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
tam -
ta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

tā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

tan (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
apyapa -
apyapa (Preverb)

[Preverb]
nayet -
√nay (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]

√nī (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]
punaḥ -
pu (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

puna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

pū (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023