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 8.166

ग्रहीता यदि नष्टः स्यात्कुटुम्बार्थे कृतो व्ययः ।
दातव्यं बान्धवैस्तत्स्यात्प्रविभक्तैरपि स्वतः ॥ १६६ ॥

grahītā yadi naṣṭaḥ syātkuṭumbārthe kṛto vyayaḥ |
dātavyaṃ bāndhavaistatsyātpravibhaktairapi svataḥ || 166 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.166 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 (8.166). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Grahita, Yadi, Yad, Nashta, Syat, Sya, Kutumba, Artha, Krit, Krita, Vyaya, Datavya, Bandhava, Tat, Tad, Pravibhakta, Api, Svatah,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.166). 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: “grahītā yadi naṣṭaḥ syātkuṭumbārthe kṛto vyayaḥ
  • grahītā* -
  • grahīta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • yadi -
  • yadi (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    yadi (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yadi (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    yad (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • naṣṭaḥ -
  • naṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    naś -> naṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √naś class 1 verb], [nominative single from √naś class 4 verb]
    naś -> naṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √naś class 1 verb]
  • syāt -
  • syāt (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    syāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [optative active third single]
  • kuṭumbā -
  • kuṭumba (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kuṭumba (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • arthe -
  • artha (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    artha (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    arth (verb class 1)
    [present middle first single]
  • kṛto* -
  • kṛt (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    kṛt (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    kṛta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    kṛ -> kṛta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]
    kṛ (verb class 2)
    [present active third dual]
  • vyayaḥ -
  • vyaya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “dātavyaṃ bāndhavaistatsyātpravibhaktairapi svataḥ
  • dātavyam -
  • dātavya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dātavya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    dātavyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • bāndhavais -
  • bāndhava (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • tat -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • syāt -
  • syāt (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    syāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [optative active third single]
  • pravibhaktair -
  • pravibhakta (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    pravibhakta (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • svataḥ -
  • svataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
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