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 8.197

विक्रीणीते परस्य स्वं योऽस्वामी स्वाम्यसंमतः ।
न तं नयेत साक्ष्यं तु स्तेनमस्तेनमानिनम् ॥ १९७ ॥

vikrīṇīte parasya svaṃ yo'svāmī svāmyasaṃmataḥ |
na taṃ nayeta sākṣyaṃ tu stenamastenamāninam || 197 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.197 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 (8.197). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Para, Sva, Yah, Asvamin, Svamin, Svamya, Asammata, Tap, Sakshya, Sakshi, Stena, Astenamanin,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.197). 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: “vikrīṇīte parasya svaṃ yo'svāmī svāmyasaṃmataḥ
  • vi -
  • vi (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    vi (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    vi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    vi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ve (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    vi (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • krīṇīte -
  • krī (verb class 9)
    [present middle third single]
  • parasya -
  • para (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    para (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • svam -
  • sva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    svan (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    svan (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
    sva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • yo' -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yu (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    yu (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • asvāmī -
  • asvāmin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • svāmya -
  • svāmin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single]
    svāmya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • asaṃmataḥ -
  • asaṃmata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “na taṃ nayeta sākṣyaṃ tu stenamastenamāninam
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tam -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    tan (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    tap (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    tap (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • nayeta -
  • nay (verb class 1)
    [optative active second plural], [optative middle third single]
    (verb class 1)
    [optative active second plural], [optative middle third single]
  • sākṣyam -
  • sākṣya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sākṣya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sākṣyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    sākṣ -> sākṣya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √sākṣ class 1 verb]
    sākṣ -> sākṣya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √sākṣ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √sākṣ class 1 verb]
    sākṣī (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • stenam -
  • stena (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    stenā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • astenamāninam -
  • astenamānin (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
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