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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 4.256
वाच्यर्था नियताः सर्वे वाङ्मूला वाग्विनिःसृताः ।
तांस्तु यः स्तेनयेद्वाचं स सर्वस्तेयकृन्नरः ॥ २५६ ॥
vācyarthā niyatāḥ sarve vāṅmūlā vāgviniḥsṛtāḥ |
tāṃstu yaḥ stenayedvācaṃ sa sarvasteyakṛnnaraḥ || 256 ||
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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 (4.256). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Vac, Vaci, Vacin, Vacya, Artha, Niyata, Sarva, Vanmula, Vagvinihsrita, Yah, Vaca, Sarvasteyakrit, Nara, Nri,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
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- Line 1: “vācyarthā niyatāḥ sarve vāṅmūlā vāgviniḥsṛtāḥ ”
- vācya -
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vācī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]vācin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single]vācin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]vācya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]vācya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√vac -> vācya (participle, masculine)[compound from √vac]√vac -> vācya (participle, neuter)[compound from √vac]√vac -> vācya (absolutive)[absolutive from √vac]vāc (noun, feminine)[locative single]√vac -> vācya (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √vac]√vac -> vācya (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √vac]
- arthā* -
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artha (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- niyatāḥ -
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niyata (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]niyatā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- sarve -
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sarva (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [locative single]sarva (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]sarvā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- vāṅmūlā* -
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vāṅmūla (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]vāṅmūlā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- vāgviniḥsṛtāḥ -
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vāgviniḥsṛta (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]vāgviniḥsṛtā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- Line 2: “tāṃstu yaḥ stenayedvācaṃ sa sarvasteyakṛnnaraḥ ”
- tāṃs -
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ta (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]sa (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- yaḥ -
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yaḥ (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]ya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative single]
- stenayed -
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√sten (verb class 10)[optative active third single]
- vācam -
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vācā (noun, feminine)[adverb]vāca (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]vāc (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- sa -
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sa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- sarvasteyakṛn -
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sarvasteyakṛt (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]sarvasteyakṛt (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- naraḥ -
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nara (noun, masculine)[nominative single]nṛ (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]