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 8.269

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समवर्णे द्विजातीनां द्वादशैव व्यतिक्रमे ।
वादेष्ववचनीयेषु तदेव द्विगुणं भवेत् ॥ २६९ ॥

samavarṇe dvijātīnāṃ dvādaśaiva vyatikrame |
vādeṣvavacanīyeṣu tadeva dviguṇaṃ bhavet || 269 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.269 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 (8.269). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Samavarna, Dvijati, Dvadasha, Dvadashan, Vyatikrama, Vada, Avacaniya, Tada, Iva, Dviguna,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.269). 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: “samavarṇe dvijātīnāṃ dvādaśaiva vyatikrame ”
samavarṇe -
samavarṇa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

samavarṇa (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

samavarṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
dvijātīnām -
dvijāti (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

dvijāti (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

dvijāti (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
dvādaśai -
dvādaśa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

dvādaśa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

dvādaśan (noun, masculine)

[compound], [nominative single]

dvādaśan (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
vyatikrame -
vyatikrama (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
Line 2: “vādeṣvavacanīyeṣu tadeva dviguṇaṃ bhavet ”
vādeṣva -
vāda (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

vāda (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
avacanīyeṣu -
avacanīya (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

avacanīya (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
tade -
tadā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tadā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tadā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tada (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

tada (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

tadā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
dviguṇam -
dviguṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

dviguṇa (noun, neuter)

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

dviguṇā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
bhavet -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023