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 8.159

प्रातिभाव्यं वृथादानमाक्षिकं सौरिकां च यत् ।
दण्डशुल्कावशेषं च न पुत्रो दातुमर्हति ॥ १५९ ॥

prātibhāvyaṃ vṛthādānamākṣikaṃ saurikāṃ ca yat |
daṇḍaśulkāvaśeṣaṃ ca na putro dātumarhati || 159 ||

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

Pratibhavya, Vrithadana, Akshika, Saurika, Yat, Yad, Danda, Shulka, Ashesham, Ashesha, Putra, Datu, Arhat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

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  • Line 1: “prātibhāvyaṃ vṛthādānamākṣikaṃ saurikāṃ ca yat
  • prātibhāvyam -
  • prātibhāvya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • vṛthādānam -
  • vṛthādāna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • ākṣikam -
  • ākṣika (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ākṣika (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    ākṣikā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • saurikām -
  • saurikā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • yat -
  • yat (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    yad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    yat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    i -> yat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “daṇḍaśulkāvaśeṣaṃ ca na putro dātumarhati
  • daṇḍa -
  • daṇḍa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śulkāva -
  • śulka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • aśeṣam -
  • aśeṣam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    aśeṣa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    aśeṣa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    aśeṣā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    śiṣ (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active first single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • putro* -
  • putra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • dātum -
  • -> dātum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √]
    -> dātum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √]
    -> dātum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √]
    -> dātum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √]
    dai -> dātum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √dai]
    de -> dātum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √de]
    dātu (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    dātu (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • arhati -
  • arhat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    arhat (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    arh (verb class 1)
    [present active third single]
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