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 8.29

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जीवन्तीनां तु तासां ये तद् हरेयुः स्वबान्धवाः ।
तांशिष्यात्चौरदण्डेन धार्मिकः पृथिवीपतिः ॥ २९ ॥

jīvantīnāṃ tu tāsāṃ ye tad hareyuḥ svabāndhavāḥ |
tāṃśiṣyātcauradaṇḍena dhārmikaḥ pṛthivīpatiḥ || 29 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.29 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 (8.29). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Jivanti, Yah, Yat, Tad, Svabandhava, Shishya, Caura, Danda, Dharmika, Prithivipati,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.29). 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: “jīvantīnāṃ tu tāsāṃ ye tad hareyuḥ svabāndhavāḥ ”
jīvantīnām -
jīvanti (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

jīvantī (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]

√jīv -> jīvantī (participle, feminine)

[genitive plural from √jīv class 1 verb]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
tāsām -
sā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
ye -
ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

yā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
tad -
tad (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]
hareyuḥ -
√hṛ (verb class 1)

[optative active third plural]
svabāndhavāḥ -
svabāndhava (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
Line 2: “tāṃśiṣyātcauradaṇḍena dhārmikaḥ pṛthivīpatiḥ ”
tāṃ -
tā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

sā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
śiṣyāt -
śiṣya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

śiṣya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√śās -> śiṣya (participle, masculine)

[ablative single from √śās class 2 verb]

√śās -> śiṣya (participle, neuter)

[ablative single from √śās class 2 verb]

√śiṣ -> śiṣya (participle, masculine)

[ablative single from √śiṣ class 10 verb]

√śiṣ -> śiṣya (participle, neuter)

[ablative single from √śiṣ class 10 verb]

√śās (verb class 2)

[optative active third single], [benedictive active third single]
caura -
caura (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

caura (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
daṇḍena -
daṇḍa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
dhārmikaḥ -
dhārmika (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
pṛthivīpatiḥ -
pṛthivīpati (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023