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 8.77

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एकोऽलुब्धस्तु साक्षी स्याद्बह्व्यः शुच्योऽपि न स्त्रियः ।
स्त्रीबुद्धेरस्थिरत्वात्तु दोषैश्चान्येऽपि ये वृताः ॥ ७७ ॥

eko'lubdhastu sākṣī syādbahvyaḥ śucyo'pi na striyaḥ |
strībuddherasthiratvāttu doṣaiścānye'pi ye vṛtāḥ || 77 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.77 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 (8.77). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Eka, Alubdha, Sakshi, Sakshin, Syat, Sya, Bahvi, Shuci, Api, Stri, Stribuddhi, Asthiratva, Dosha, Yah, Yat, Vrita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.77). 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: “eko'lubdhastu sākṣī syādbahvyaḥ śucyo'pi na striyaḥ ”
eko' -
eka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
alubdhas -
alubdha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
sākṣī -
sākṣī (noun, masculine)

[compound]

sākṣī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

sākṣi (noun, masculine)

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

sākṣin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
syād -
syāt (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

syāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[optative active third single]
bahvyaḥ -
bahvī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
śucyo' -
śucī (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

śucī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
striyaḥ -
strī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Line 2: “strībuddherasthiratvāttu doṣaiścānye'pi ye vṛtāḥ ”
strībuddher -
strībuddhi (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
asthiratvāt -
asthiratva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
doṣaiś -
doṣa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
cān -
ca (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
ye' -
ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

yā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
ye -
ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

yā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
vṛtāḥ -
vṛta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vṛtā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√vṛ -> vṛta (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √vṛ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √vṛ class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √vṛ class 5 verb], [vocative plural from √vṛ class 5 verb], [nominative plural from √vṛ class 9 verb], [vocative plural from √vṛ class 9 verb]

√vṛ -> vṛtā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √vṛ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √vṛ class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √vṛ class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √vṛ class 5 verb], [vocative plural from √vṛ class 5 verb], [accusative plural from √vṛ class 5 verb], [nominative plural from √vṛ class 9 verb], [vocative plural from √vṛ class 9 verb], [accusative plural from √vṛ class 9 verb]

√vṛ -> vṛta (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √vṛ class 5 verb], [vocative plural from √vṛ class 5 verb], [nominative plural from √vṛ class 9 verb], [vocative plural from √vṛ class 9 verb]

√vṛ -> vṛtā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √vṛ class 5 verb], [vocative plural from √vṛ class 5 verb], [accusative plural from √vṛ class 5 verb], [nominative plural from √vṛ class 9 verb], [vocative plural from √vṛ class 9 verb], [accusative plural from √vṛ class 9 verb]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023