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 8.254

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ग्रामीयककुलानां च समक्षं सीम्नि साक्षिणः ।
प्रष्टव्याः सीमलिङ्गानि तयोश्चैव विवादिनोः ॥ २५४ ॥

grāmīyakakulānāṃ ca samakṣaṃ sīmni sākṣiṇaḥ |
praṣṭavyāḥ sīmaliṅgāni tayoścaiva vivādinoḥ || 254 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.254 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 (8.254). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Gramiyaka, Kula, Samaksham, Samaksha, Siman, Sakshin, Sakshi, Prashtavya, Simalinga, Tad, Vivadin, Vivadi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.254). 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: “grāmīyakakulānāṃ ca samakṣaṃ sīmni sākṣiṇaḥ ”
grāmīyaka -
grāmīyaka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
kulānām -
kula (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

kula (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

kulā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
samakṣam -
samakṣam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

samakṣa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

samakṣa (noun, neuter)

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

samakṣā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
sīmni -
sīman (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

sīman (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
sākṣiṇaḥ -
sākṣin (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

sākṣin (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

sākṣī (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
Line 2: “praṣṭavyāḥ sīmaliṅgāni tayoścaiva vivādinoḥ ”
praṣṭavyāḥ -
praṣṭavya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

praṣṭavyā (noun, feminine)

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

√praś -> praṣṭavya (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √praś class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √praś class 6 verb]

√praś -> praṣṭavyā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √praś class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √praś class 6 verb], [accusative plural from √praś class 6 verb]
sīmaliṅgāni -
sīmaliṅga (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
tayoś -
ta (noun, masculine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

ta (noun, neuter)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

tā (noun, feminine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

tad (noun, neuter)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

sā (noun, feminine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
vivādinoḥ -
vivādin (noun, masculine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

vivādin (noun, neuter)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

vivādī (noun, neuter)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023