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 8.138

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पणानां द्वे शते सार्धे प्रथमः साहसः स्मृतः ।
मध्यमः पञ्च विज्ञेयः सहस्रं त्वेव चोत्तमः ॥ १३८ ॥

paṇānāṃ dve śate sārdhe prathamaḥ sāhasaḥ smṛtaḥ |
madhyamaḥ pañca vijñeyaḥ sahasraṃ tveva cottamaḥ || 138 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.138 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 (8.138). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pana, Dva, Shata, Sardha, Prathama, Sahasa, Smrita, Madhyama, Panca, Pancan, Vijneya, Sahasram, Sahasra, Tva, Eva, Uttama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.138). 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: “paṇānāṃ dve śate sārdhe prathamaḥ sāhasaḥ smṛtaḥ ”
paṇānām -
paṇa (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]
dve -
dva (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

dva (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

dvā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
śate -
śata (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

śatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
sārdhe -
sārdha (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

sārdha (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

sārdhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
prathamaḥ -
prathama (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sāhasaḥ -
sāhasa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
smṛtaḥ -
smṛta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√smṛ -> smṛta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]
Line 2: “madhyamaḥ pañca vijñeyaḥ sahasraṃ tveva cottamaḥ ”
madhyamaḥ -
madhyama (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
pañca -
pañca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pañca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

pañcan (noun, masculine)

[compound]

pañcan (noun, neuter)

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

√pañc (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
vijñeyaḥ -
vijñeya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sahasram -
sahasram (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sahasra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sahasra (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
tve -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

tva (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

tva (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

tvā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
co -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
uttamaḥ -
uttama (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023