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 8.186

स्वयमेव तु यौ दद्यान्मृतस्य प्रत्यनन्तरे ।
न स राज्ञाऽभियोक्तव्यो न निक्षेप्तुश्च बन्धुभिः ॥ १८६ ॥

svayameva tu yau dadyānmṛtasya pratyanantare |
na sa rājñā'bhiyoktavyo na nikṣeptuśca bandhubhiḥ || 186 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.186 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 (8.186). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Svayam, Eva, Yah, Mrita, Pratyanantara, Abhiyoktavya, Niksheptri, Bandhu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.186). 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: “svayameva tu yau dadyānmṛtasya pratyanantare
  • svayam -
  • svayam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • yau -
  • yu (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    yu (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • dadyān -
  • (verb class 3)
    [optative active third single]
  • mṛtasya -
  • mṛta (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    mṛta (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    mṛ -> mṛta (participle, masculine)
    [genitive single from √mṛ class 1 verb], [genitive single from √mṛ class 6 verb]
    mṛ -> mṛta (participle, neuter)
    [genitive single from √mṛ class 1 verb], [genitive single from √mṛ class 6 verb]
  • pratyanantare -
  • pratyanantara (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    pratyanantara (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    pratyanantarā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • Line 2: “na sa rājñā'bhiyoktavyo na nikṣeptuśca bandhubhiḥ
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • rājñā' -
  • abhiyoktavyo* -
  • abhiyoktavya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • nikṣeptuś -
  • nikṣeptṛ (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bandhubhiḥ -
  • bandhu (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    bandhū (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
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