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 8.27

बालदायादिकं रिक्थं तावद् राजाऽनुपालयेत् ।
यावत्स स्यात्समावृत्तो यावत्चातीतशैशवः ॥ २७ ॥

bāladāyādikaṃ rikthaṃ tāvad rājā'nupālayet |
yāvatsa syātsamāvṛtto yāvatcātītaśaiśavaḥ || 27 ||

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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 (8.27). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bala, Daya, Adika, Riktha, Tavat, Anupa, Yavat, Syat, Sya, Samavritta, Shaishava,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.27). 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: “bāladāyādikaṃ rikthaṃ tāvad rājā'nupālayet
  • bāla -
  • bāla (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bāla (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dāyā -
  • dāya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dāya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    -> dāya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √]
    -> dāya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √]
    -> dāya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √]
    -> dāya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √]
    da (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    da (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
    dāyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    dāy (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
    dai (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • adikam -
  • adika (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    adika (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • riktham -
  • riktha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • tāvad -
  • tāvat (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tāvat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tāvat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    tāvat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • rājā' -
  • anupā -
  • anupā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • layet -
  • lay (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 2: “yāvatsa syātsamāvṛtto yāvatcātītaśaiśavaḥ
  • yāvat -
  • yāvat (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    yāvat (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yāvat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    yāvat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • syāt -
  • syāt (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    syāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [optative active third single]
  • samāvṛtto* -
  • samāvṛtta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • yāvat -
  • yāvat (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    yāvat (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yāvat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    yāvat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • cāt -
  • ca (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • īta -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [optative middle third single]
  • śaiśavaḥ -
  • śaiśava (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
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