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 8.136

ते षोडश स्याद्धरणं पुराणश्चैव राजतः ।
कार्षापणस्तु विज्ञेयस्ताम्रिकः कार्षिकः पणः ॥ १३६ ॥

te ṣoḍaśa syāddharaṇaṃ purāṇaścaiva rājataḥ |
kārṣāpaṇastu vijñeyastāmrikaḥ kārṣikaḥ paṇaḥ || 136 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.136 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 (8.136). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tad, Yushmad, Shodasha, Shodashan, Syat, Sya, Harana, Purana, Puranas, Rajatah, Rajata, Rajat, Karshapana, Vijneya, Tamrika, Karshika, Pana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.136). 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: “te ṣoḍaśa syāddharaṇaṃ purāṇaścaiva rājataḥ
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • ṣoḍaśa -
  • ṣoḍaśa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ṣoḍaśa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ṣoḍaśan (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    ṣoḍaśan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • syāddh -
  • syāt (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    syāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [optative active third single]
  • haraṇam -
  • haraṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    haraṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    haraṇā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • purāṇaś -
  • purāṇas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    purāṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • cai -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • rājataḥ -
  • rājataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    rājata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    rāj -> rājat (participle, masculine)
    [accusative plural from √rāj class 1 verb], [ablative single from √rāj class 1 verb], [genitive single from √rāj class 1 verb]
    rāj -> rājat (participle, neuter)
    [ablative single from √rāj class 1 verb], [genitive single from √rāj class 1 verb]
    rāj (verb class 1)
    [present active third dual]
  • Line 2: “kārṣāpaṇastu vijñeyastāmrikaḥ kārṣikaḥ paṇaḥ
  • kārṣāpaṇas -
  • kārṣāpaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • vijñeyas -
  • vijñeya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tāmrikaḥ -
  • tāmrika (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • kārṣikaḥ -
  • kārṣika (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • paṇaḥ -
  • paṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
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