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 8.97

यावतो बान्धवान्यस्मिन् हन्ति साक्ष्येऽनृतं वदन् ।
तावतः सङ्ख्यया तस्मिन् शृणु सौम्यानुपूर्वशः ॥ ९७ ॥

yāvato bāndhavānyasmin hanti sākṣye'nṛtaṃ vadan |
tāvataḥ saṅkhyayā tasmin śṛṇu saumyānupūrvaśaḥ || 97 ||

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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 (8.97). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yavat, Bandhava, Yah, Yat, Sakshya, Sakshi, Anrita, Vadat, Tavat, Sankhya, Tad, Saumi, Saumya, Anupurvashah,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

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  • Line 1: “yāvato bāndhavānyasmin hanti sākṣye'nṛtaṃ vadan
  • yāvato* -
  • yāvat (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    yāvat (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • bāndhavān -
  • bāndhava (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • yasmin -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • hanti -
  • hanti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    han (verb class 2)
    [present active third single]
  • sākṣye' -
  • sākṣya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    sākṣya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    sākṣyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    sākṣ -> sākṣya (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √sākṣ class 1 verb]
    sākṣ -> sākṣya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √sākṣ class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √sākṣ class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √sākṣ class 1 verb], [locative single from √sākṣ class 1 verb]
    sākṣ -> sākṣyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative dual from √sākṣ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √sākṣ class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √sākṣ class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √sākṣ class 1 verb]
    sākṣī (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    sākṣ (verb class 1)
    [present passive first single]
  • anṛtam -
  • anṛta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    anṛta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    anṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • vadan -
  • vad -> vadat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √vad class 1 verb], [vocative single from √vad class 1 verb]
  • Line 2: “tāvataḥ saṅkhyayā tasmin śṛṇu saumyānupūrvaśaḥ
  • tāvataḥ -
  • tāvat (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    tāvat (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • saṅkhyayā -
  • saṅkhyā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • tasmin -
  • tad (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • śṛṇu -
  • śru (verb class 5)
    [imperative active second single]
  • saumyā -
  • saumya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    saumya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    saumī (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    saumyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • anupūrvaśaḥ -
  • anupūrvaśaḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
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