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 8.277

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विट् शूद्रयोरेवमेव स्वजातिं प्रति तत्त्वतः ।
छेदवर्जं प्रणयनं दण्डस्यैति विनिश्चयः ॥ २७७ ॥

viṭ śūdrayorevameva svajātiṃ prati tattvataḥ |
chedavarjaṃ praṇayanaṃ daṇḍasyaiti viniścayaḥ || 277 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.277 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 (8.277). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vid, Vish, Shudra, Reva, Eva, Svajati, Prati, Tattvatah, Tattvata, Cheda, Varjam, Varja, Pranayana, Danda, Vinishcaya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.277). 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: “viṭ śūdrayorevameva svajātiṃ prati tattvataḥ ”
viṭ -
viḍ (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

viṣ (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

viṣ (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

viṣ (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

viś (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
śūdrayor -
śūdra (noun, masculine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

śūdrā (noun, feminine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]
revam -
reva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

reva (noun, neuter)

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

revā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
svajātim -
svajāti (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

svajāti (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
prati -
prati (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

prati (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

pratī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

pratī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]

pratī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
tattvataḥ -
tattvataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tattvata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “chedavarjaṃ praṇayanaṃ daṇḍasyaiti viniścayaḥ ”
cheda -
cheda (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

cheda (noun, neuter)

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

[indeclinable]

varja (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

varja (noun, neuter)

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

varjā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
praṇayanam -
praṇayana (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
daṇḍasyai -
daṇḍa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]
eti -
eti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

√i (verb class 2)

[present active third single]
viniścayaḥ -
viniścaya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023