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 8.225

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अकन्येति तु यः कन्यां ब्रूयाद्द्वेषेण मानवः ।
स शतं प्राप्नुयाद्दण्डं तस्या दोषमदर्शयन् ॥ २२५ ॥

akanyeti tu yaḥ kanyāṃ brūyāddveṣeṇa mānavaḥ |
sa śataṃ prāpnuyāddaṇḍaṃ tasyā doṣamadarśayan || 225 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.225 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 (8.225). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Akanya, Iti, Yah, Kani, Kanya, Dvesha, Manava, Shata, Pra, Danda, Dosha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.225). 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: “akanyeti tu yaḥ kanyāṃ brūyāddveṣeṇa mānavaḥ ”
akanye -
akanyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
yaḥ -
yaḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kanyām -
kanī (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

kanyā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
brūyād -
√brū (verb class 2)

[optative active third single]
dveṣeṇa -
dveṣa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
mānavaḥ -
mānava (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “sa śataṃ prāpnuyāddaṇḍaṃ tasyā doṣamadarśayan ”
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
śatam -
śata (noun, neuter)

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

śatā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
prā -
pra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

prā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

pra (Preverb)

[Preverb]

prā (Preverb)

[Preverb]
āpnuyād -
√āp (verb class 5)

[optative active third single]
daṇḍam -
daṇḍa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

daṇḍā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
tasyā* -
sā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
doṣam -
doṣa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

doṣā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
adarśayan -
√dṛś (verb class 0)

[imperfect active third plural]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023