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 8.187

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अच्छलेनैव चान्विच्छेत्तमर्थं प्रीतिपूर्वकम् ।
विचार्य तस्य वा वृत्तं साम्नैव परिसाधयेत् ॥ १८७ ॥

acchalenaiva cānvicchettamarthaṃ prītipūrvakam |
vicārya tasya vā vṛttaṃ sāmnaiva parisādhayet || 187 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.187 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 (8.187). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Accha, Lena, Vid, Vidh, Sha, Shi, Tta, Artha, Priti, Purvakam, Purvaka, Vicarya, Tad, Var, Vritta, Saman, Samna, Pari,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.187). 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: “acchalenaiva cānvicchettamarthaṃ prītipūrvakam ”
accha -
accha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

accha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
lenai -
la (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

lenā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
cān -
ca (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
vicch -
vid (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

vid (noun, neuter)

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

vidh (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

vidh (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
śe -
śa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

śa (noun, neuter)

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

śi (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
ttam -
tta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

tta (noun, neuter)

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

ttā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
artham -
artha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

artha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
prīti -
prīti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

prītī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

prītī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]

prītī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
pūrvakam -
pūrvakam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

pūrvaka (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

pūrvaka (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “vicārya tasya vā vṛttaṃ sāmnaiva parisādhayet ”
vicārya -
vicārya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vicārya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tasya -
√tas -> tasya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √tas]

ta (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

tad (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

√tas (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]
vā* -
vār (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

vār (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

va (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
vṛttam -
vṛtta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vṛtta (noun, neuter)

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

vṛttā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√vṛt -> vṛtta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √vṛt class 1 verb]

√vṛt -> vṛtta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √vṛt class 1 verb], [accusative single from √vṛt class 1 verb]
sāmnai -
sāmna (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sāmna (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sāman (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
pari -
pari (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

pari (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

pari (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

pari (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

pari (noun, neuter)

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

parī (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

parī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]

parī (noun, neuter)

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

pari (Preverb)

[Preverb]
sādhayet -
√sidh (verb class 0)

[optative active third single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023