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 8.72

साहसेषु च सर्वेषु स्तेयसङ्ग्रहणेषु च ।
वाग्दण्डयोश्च पारुष्ये न परीक्षेत साक्षिणः ॥ ७२ ॥

sāhaseṣu ca sarveṣu steyasaṅgrahaṇeṣu ca |
vāgdaṇḍayośca pāruṣye na parīkṣeta sākṣiṇaḥ || 72 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.72 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 (8.72). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sahasa, Sarva, Steya, Sangrahana, Vagdanda, Parushya, Pariksha, Parikshi, Ita, Sakshin, Sakshi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.72). 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: “sāhaseṣu ca sarveṣu steyasaṅgrahaṇeṣu ca
  • sāhaseṣu -
  • sāhasa (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    sāhasa (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sarveṣu -
  • sarva (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    sarva (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • steya -
  • steya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    stai -> steya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √stai class 1 verb]
    stai -> steya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √stai class 1 verb]
  • saṅgrahaṇeṣu -
  • saṅgrahaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    saṅgrahaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “vāgdaṇḍayośca pāruṣye na parīkṣeta sākṣiṇaḥ
  • vāgdaṇḍayoś -
  • vāgdaṇḍa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pāruṣye -
  • pāruṣya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    pāruṣya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • parīkṣe -
  • parīkṣa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    parīkṣa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    parīkṣā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    parīkṣi (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    parīkṣi (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • ita -
  • ita (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ita (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    i -> ita (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
    i -> ita (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
    i (verb class 2)
    [imperative active second plural]
  • sākṣiṇaḥ -
  • sākṣin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    sākṣin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    sākṣī (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
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