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 8.47

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अधमर्णार्थसिद्ध्यर्थमुत्तमर्णेन चोदितः ।
दापयेद्धनिकस्यार्थमधमर्णाद्विभावितम् ॥ ४७ ॥

adhamarṇārthasiddhyarthamuttamarṇena coditaḥ |
dāpayeddhanikasyārthamadhamarṇādvibhāvitam || 47 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.47 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 (8.47). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Adhamarna, Arthasiddhi, Artha, Uttamarna, Coditri, Codita, Hani, Han, Kah, Kim, Vibhavita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.47). 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: “adhamarṇārthasiddhyarthamuttamarṇena coditaḥ ”
adhamarṇā -
adhamarṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
arthasiddhya -
arthasiddhi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

arthasiddhi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
artham -
artha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

artha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
uttamarṇena -
uttamarṇa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
coditaḥ -
coditṛ (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

codita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√cud -> codita (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √cud]
Line 2: “dāpayeddhanikasyārthamadhamarṇādvibhāvitam ”
dāpayeddh -
√dā (verb class 0)

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

[compound], [adverb]

hanī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

han (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

han (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
kasyā -
√kas -> kasya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √kas]

ka (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

ka (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[genitive single]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[genitive single]
artham -
artha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

artha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
adhamarṇād -
adhamarṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
vibhāvitam -
vibhāvita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vibhāvita (noun, neuter)

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

vibhāvitā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023