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 8.258

साक्ष्यभावे तु चत्वारो ग्रामाः सामन्तवासिनः ।
सीमाविनिर्णयं कुर्युः प्रयता राजसंनिधौ ॥ २५८ ॥

sākṣyabhāve tu catvāro grāmāḥ sāmantavāsinaḥ |
sīmāvinirṇayaṃ kuryuḥ prayatā rājasaṃnidhau || 258 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.258 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 (8.258). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sakshi, Sakshin, Sakshya, Abhava, Catu, Ara, Grama, Samantavasin, Simavinirnaya, Prayata, Rajasa, Nidhi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.258). 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: “sākṣyabhāve tu catvāro grāmāḥ sāmantavāsinaḥ
  • sākṣya -
  • sākṣi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    sākṣin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single]
    sākṣin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    sākṣya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sākṣya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sākṣ -> sākṣya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √sākṣ]
    sākṣī (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    sākṣī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    sākṣī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    sākṣ -> sākṣya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √sākṣ class 1 verb]
    sākṣ -> sākṣya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √sākṣ class 1 verb]
  • abhāve -
  • abhāva (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • catvā -
  • catu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    catu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    catu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]
  • āro* -
  • āra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    (verb class 1)
    [aorist active second single]
    (verb class 3)
    [aorist active second single]
    (verb class 5)
    [aorist active second single]
  • grāmāḥ -
  • grāma (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • sāmantavāsinaḥ -
  • sāmantavāsin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    sāmantavāsin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 2: “sīmāvinirṇayaṃ kuryuḥ prayatā rājasaṃnidhau
  • sīmāvinirṇayam -
  • sīmāvinirṇaya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • kuryuḥ -
  • kṛ (verb class 8)
    [optative active third plural]
  • prayatā* -
  • prayata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    prayatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • rājasaṃ -
  • rājasa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    rājasa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    rājasā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • nidhau -
  • nidhi (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
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