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 8.243

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क्षेत्रियस्यात्यये दण्डो भागाद्दशगुणो भवेत् ।
ततोऽर्धदण्डो भृत्यानामज्ञानात्क्षेत्रिकस्य तु ॥ २४३ ॥

kṣetriyasyātyaye daṇḍo bhāgāddaśaguṇo bhavet |
tato'rdhadaṇḍo bhṛtyānāmajñānātkṣetrikasya tu || 243 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.243 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 (8.243). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kshetriya, Atyaya, Danda, Bhaga, Dashaguna, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Ardhadanda, Bhritya, Ajnanat, Ajnana, Kshetrika,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.243). 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: “kṣetriyasyātyaye daṇḍo bhāgāddaśaguṇo bhavet ”
kṣetriyasyā -
kṣetriya (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

kṣetriya (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
atyaye -
atyaya (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
daṇḍo* -
daṇḍa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
bhāgād -
bhāga (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

bhāga (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
daśaguṇo* -
daśaguṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
bhavet -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]
Line 2: “tato'rdhadaṇḍo bhṛtyānāmajñānātkṣetrikasya tu ”
tato' -
tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

tata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
ardhadaṇḍo* -
ardhadaṇḍa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
bhṛtyānām -
bhṛtya (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

bhṛtya (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

bhṛtyā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
ajñānāt -
ajñānāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ajñāna (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

ajñāna (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
kṣetrikasya -
kṣetrika (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

kṣetrika (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023