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 8.263

सामन्ताश्चेत्मृषा ब्रूयुः सेतौ विवादतां नृणाम् ।
सर्वे पृथक्पृथग्दण्ड्या राज्ञा मध्यमसाहसम् ॥ २६३ ॥

sāmantāścetmṛṣā brūyuḥ setau vivādatāṃ nṛṇām |
sarve pṛthakpṛthagdaṇḍyā rājñā madhyamasāhasam || 263 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.263 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 (8.263). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Setu, Vivada, Nri, Sarva, Prithak, Dandya, Dandi, Rajan, Madhyamasahasa,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.263). 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: “sāmantāścetmṛṣā brūyuḥ setau vivādatāṃ nṛṇām
  • Cannot analyse sāmantāścetmṛṣā*br
  • brūyuḥ -
  • brū (verb class 2)
    [optative active third plural]
  • setau -
  • setu (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    setu (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • vivāda -
  • vivāda (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tām -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • nṛṇām -
  • nṛ (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
  • Line 2: “sarve pṛthakpṛthagdaṇḍyā rājñā madhyamasāhasam
  • sarve -
  • sarva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [locative single]
    sarva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    sarvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • pṛthak -
  • pṛthak (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • pṛthag -
  • pṛthak (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • daṇḍyā* -
  • daṇḍya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    daṇḍyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    daṇḍī (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • rājñā -
  • rājan (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • madhyamasāhasam -
  • madhyamasāhasa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    madhyamasāhasa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
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