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 8.68

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स्त्रीणां साक्ष्यं स्त्रियः कुर्युर्द्विजानां सदृशा द्विजाः ।
शूद्राश्च सन्तः शूद्राणां अन्त्यानामन्त्ययोनयः ॥ ६८ ॥

strīṇāṃ sākṣyaṃ striyaḥ kuryurdvijānāṃ sadṛśā dvijāḥ |
śūdrāśca santaḥ śūdrāṇāṃ antyānāmantyayonayaḥ || 68 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.68 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 (8.68). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Stri, Sakshya, Sakshi, Dvija, Sadrisha, Shudra, Sat, Santa, Antya, Antyayoni,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.68). 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: “strīṇāṃ sākṣyaṃ striyaḥ kuryurdvijānāṃ sadṛśā dvijāḥ ”
strīṇām -
strī (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
sākṣyam -
sākṣya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sākṣya (noun, neuter)

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

sākṣyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√sākṣ -> sākṣya (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √sākṣ class 1 verb]

√sākṣ -> sākṣya (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √sākṣ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √sākṣ class 1 verb]

sākṣī (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
striyaḥ -
strī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
kuryur -
√kṛ (verb class 8)

[optative active third plural]
dvijānām -
dvija (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

dvija (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

dvijā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
sadṛśā* -
sadṛśa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

sadṛśā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
dvijāḥ -
dvija (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

dvijā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Line 2: “śūdrāśca santaḥ śūdrāṇāṃ antyānāmantyayonayaḥ ”
śūdrāś -
śūdra (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

śūdrā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
santaḥ -
sat (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

santa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√sam -> santa (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √sam class 1 verb]
śūdrāṇām -
śūdra (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

śūdrā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
antyānām -
antya (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

antya (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

antyā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
antyayonayaḥ -
antyayoni (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

antyayoni (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023