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 8.39

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निधीनां तु पुराणानां धातूनामेव च क्षितौ ।
अर्धभाग् रक्षणाद् राजा भूमेरधिपतिर्हि सः ॥ ३९ ॥

nidhīnāṃ tu purāṇānāṃ dhātūnāmeva ca kṣitau |
ardhabhāg rakṣaṇād rājā bhūmeradhipatirhi saḥ || 39 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.39 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 (8.39). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nidhi, Purana, Dhatu, Eva, Kshit, Kshita, Kshiti, Ardhabhaj, Rakshana, Raja, Bhumi, Adhipati, Sah,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.39). 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: “nidhīnāṃ tu purāṇānāṃ dhātūnāmeva ca kṣitau ”
nidhīnām -
nidhi (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
purāṇānām -
purāṇa (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

purāṇa (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]
dhātūnām -
dhātu (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]

dhātu (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

dhātu (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kṣitau -
kṣit (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

kṣita (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

kṣiti (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

kṣiti (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

√kṣī -> kṣita (participle, masculine)

[nominative dual from √kṣī class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √kṣī class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √kṣī class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √kṣī class 5 verb], [vocative dual from √kṣī class 5 verb], [accusative dual from √kṣī class 5 verb], [nominative dual from √kṣī class 9 verb], [vocative dual from √kṣī class 9 verb], [accusative dual from √kṣī class 9 verb]
Line 2: “ardhabhāg rakṣaṇād rājā bhūmeradhipatirhi saḥ ”
ardhabhāg -
ardhabhāj (noun, masculine)

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

ardhabhāj (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
rakṣaṇād -
rakṣaṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

rakṣaṇa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
rājā* -
rāja (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

rājā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
bhūmer -
bhūmi (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

bhūmi (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
adhipatir -
adhipati (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
saḥ -
saḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023