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 8.195

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मिथो दायः कृतो येन गृहीतो मिथ एव वा ।
मिथ एव प्रदातव्यो यथा दायस्तथा ग्रहः ॥ १९५ ॥

mitho dāyaḥ kṛto yena gṛhīto mitha eva vā |
mitha eva pradātavyo yathā dāyastathā grahaḥ || 195 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.195 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 (8.195). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Mithah, Daya, Krit, Krita, Yena, Yah, Yat, Grihitri, Grihita, Eva, Pradatavya, Yatha, Tatha, Graha, Grahas,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.195). 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: “mitho dāyaḥ kṛto yena gṛhīto mitha eva vā ”
mitho* -
mithaḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

mithaḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
dāyaḥ -
dāya (noun, masculine)

[nominative 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]
yena -
yena (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ya (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
gṛhīto* -
gṛhītṛ (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

gṛhīta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√grah -> gṛhīta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √grah class 9 verb]
mitha* -
mithaḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

mithaḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vā -
vā (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vā (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
Line 2: “mitha eva pradātavyo yathā dāyastathā grahaḥ ”
mitha* -
mithaḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

mithaḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
pradātavyo* -
pradātavya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
dāyas -
dāya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tathā* -
tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

tatha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
grahaḥ -
grahas (noun, neuter)

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

graha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023