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 8.268

पञ्चाशद्ब्राह्मणो दण्ड्यः क्षत्रियस्याभिशंसने ।
वैश्ये स्यादर्धपञ्चाशत्शूद्रे द्वादशको दमः ॥ २६८ ॥

pañcāśadbrāhmaṇo daṇḍyaḥ kṣatriyasyābhiśaṃsane |
vaiśye syādardhapañcāśatśūdre dvādaśako damaḥ || 268 ||

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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 (8.268). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pancashat, Brahmana, Dandya, Dandi, Kshatriya, Abhishamsana, Vaishya, Syat, Sya, Ardhapancashat, Shudra, Dvadashaka, Dama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.268). 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: “pañcāśadbrāhmaṇo daṇḍyaḥ kṣatriyasyābhiśaṃsane
  • pañcāśad -
  • pañcāśat (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • brāhmaṇo* -
  • brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • daṇḍyaḥ -
  • daṇḍya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    daṇḍī (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    daṇḍī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • kṣatriyasyā -
  • kṣatriya (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    kṣatriya (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • abhiśaṃsane -
  • abhiśaṃsana (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • Line 2: “vaiśye syādardhapañcāśatśūdre dvādaśako damaḥ
  • vaiśye -
  • vaiśya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    vaiśya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    vaiśyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • syād -
  • syāt (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    syāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [optative active third single]
  • ardhapañcāśat -
  • ardhapañcāśat (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • śūdre -
  • śūdra (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    śūdrā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • dvādaśako* -
  • dvādaśaka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • damaḥ -
  • dama (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
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