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 8.220

निगृह्य दापयेच्चैनं समयव्यभिचारिणम् ।
चतुःसुवर्णान् षण्निष्कांश्शतमानं च राजकम् ॥ २२० ॥

nigṛhya dāpayeccainaṃ samayavyabhicāriṇam |
catuḥsuvarṇān ṣaṇniṣkāṃśśatamānaṃ ca rājakam || 220 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.220 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 (8.220). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nigrihya, Aina, Samayavyabhicarin, Catu, Catus, Suvarna, Rajaka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.220). 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: “nigṛhya dāpayeccainaṃ samayavyabhicāriṇam
  • nigṛhya -
  • nigṛhya (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    nigṛhya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nigṛhya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dāpayec -
  • (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • cai -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ainam -
  • aina (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • samayavyabhicāriṇam -
  • samayavyabhicārin (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “catuḥsuvarṇān ṣaṇniṣkāṃśśatamānaṃ ca rājakam
  • catuḥ -
  • catur (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    catus (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    catu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    catu (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • suvarṇān -
  • suvarṇa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • Cannot analyse ṣaṇniṣkāṃśśatamānam*ca
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • rājakam -
  • rājaka (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    rājaka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    rājakā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
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