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 8.87

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देवब्राह्मणसांनिध्ये साक्ष्यं पृच्छेदृतं द्विजान् ।
उदङ्मुखान्प्राङ्मुखान्वा पूर्वाह्णे वै शुचिः शुचीन् ॥ ८७ ॥

devabrāhmaṇasāṃnidhye sākṣyaṃ pṛcchedṛtaṃ dvijān |
udaṅmukhānprāṅmukhānvā pūrvāhṇe vai śuciḥ śucīn || 87 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.87 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 (8.87). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Devabrahmana, Samnidhya, Sakshya, Sakshi, Ritam, Rita, Dvija, Udanmukha, Pranmukha, Purvahna, Shuci,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.87). 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: “devabrāhmaṇasāṃnidhye sākṣyaṃ pṛcchedṛtaṃ dvijān ”
devabrāhmaṇa -
devabrāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
sāṃnidhye -
sāṃnidhya (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
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]
pṛcched -
√praś (verb class 6)

[optative active third single]
ṛtam -
ṛtam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ṛta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ṛta (noun, neuter)

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

ṛtā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
dvijān -
dvija (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
Line 2: “udaṅmukhānprāṅmukhānvā pūrvāhṇe vai śuciḥ śucīn ”
udaṅmukhān -
udaṅmukha (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
prāṅmukhān -
prāṅmukha (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
vā -
vā (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vā (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
pūrvāhṇe -
pūrvāhṇa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
vai -
√vā (verb class 1)

[present middle first single], [imperative middle first single]
śuciḥ -
śuci (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

śuci (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
śucīn -
śuci (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023