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 8.52

अपह्नवेऽधमर्णस्य देहीत्युक्तस्य संसदि ।
अभियोक्ता दिशेद्देश्यं करणं वाऽन्यदुद्दिशेत् ॥ ५२ ॥

apahnave'dhamarṇasya dehītyuktasya saṃsadi |
abhiyoktā diśeddeśyaṃ karaṇaṃ vā'nyaduddiśet || 52 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.52 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 (8.52). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Apahnava, Adhamarna, Dehi, Dehin, Ityukta, Samsad, Abhiyoktri, Deshya, Karana, Anya, Dut,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.52). 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: “apahnave'dhamarṇasya dehītyuktasya saṃsadi
  • apahnave' -
  • apahnava (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • adhamarṇasya -
  • adhamarṇa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
  • dehī -
  • dehī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    dehin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single]
    dehin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    (verb class 3)
    [imperative active second single]
  • ityuktasya -
  • ityukta (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • saṃsadi -
  • saṃsad (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    saṃsad (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    saṃsad (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • Line 2: “abhiyoktā diśeddeśyaṃ karaṇaṃ vā'nyaduddiśet
  • abhiyoktā -
  • abhiyoktṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • diśed -
  • diś (verb class 6)
    [optative active third single]
  • deśyam -
  • deśya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    deśya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    deśyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    diś -> deśya (participle, masculine)
    [adverb from √diś]
    diś -> deśya (participle, neuter)
    [adverb from √diś]
    diś -> deśyā (participle, feminine)
    [adverb from √diś]
    diś -> deśya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √diś]
    diś -> deśya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √diś], [accusative single from √diś]
  • karaṇam -
  • karaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    karaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    karaṇā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • vā' -
  • anya -
  • anya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    an -> anya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √an]
  • dud -
  • dut (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • diśet -
  • diś (verb class 6)
    [optative active third single]
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