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 8.94

अवाक्षिरास्तमस्यन्धे किल्बिषी नरकं व्रजेत् ।
यः प्रश्नं वितथं ब्रूयात्पृष्टः सन्धर्मनिश्चये ॥ ९४ ॥

avākṣirāstamasyandhe kilbiṣī narakaṃ vrajet |
yaḥ praśnaṃ vitathaṃ brūyātpṛṣṭaḥ sandharmaniścaye || 94 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.94 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 (8.94). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ava, Akshi, Dha, Dhi, Kilbishi, Kilbishin, Naraka, Yah, Prashna, Vitatha, Prishta, Sat, Dharman, Caya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.94). 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: “avākṣirāstamasyandhe kilbiṣī narakaṃ vrajet
  • avā -
  • ava (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    o (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [instrumental single]
    u (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    av (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
    u (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • ākṣir -
  • ākṣi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    ākṣi (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • āstam -
  • as (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active second dual]
  • asyan -
  • (verb class 4)
    [imperfect active third plural]
  • dhe -
  • dha (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    dha (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    dhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    dhā (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    dhi (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • kilbiṣī -
  • kilbiṣī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    kilbiṣin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • narakam -
  • naraka (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    naraka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • vrajet -
  • vraj (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 2: “yaḥ praśnaṃ vitathaṃ brūyātpṛṣṭaḥ sandharmaniścaye
  • yaḥ -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • praśnam -
  • praśna (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • vitatham -
  • vitatha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vitatha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    vitathā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • brūyāt -
  • brū (verb class 2)
    [optative active third single]
  • pṛṣṭaḥ -
  • pṛṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    pṛṣ -> pṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √pṛṣ class 1 verb]
    praś -> pṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √praś class 6 verb]
  • san -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
    sat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • dharman -
  • dharman (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    dharman (noun, neuter)
    [vocative single]
  • -
  • i (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • caye -
  • caya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    caya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    cayā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    cay (verb class 1)
    [present middle first single]
    ci (verb class 1)
    [present middle first single]
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