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 8.278

एष दण्डविधिः प्रोक्तो वाक्पारुष्यस्य तत्त्वतः ।
अत ऊर्ध्वं प्रवक्ष्यामि दण्डपारुष्यनिर्णयम् ॥ २७८ ॥

eṣa daṇḍavidhiḥ prokto vākpāruṣyasya tattvataḥ |
ata ūrdhvaṃ pravakṣyāmi daṇḍapāruṣyanirṇayam || 278 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.278 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 (8.278). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Esha, Dandavidhi, Prokta, Vakparushya, Tattvatah, Tattvata, Atah, Urdhvam, Urdhva, Prava, Kshi, Amin, Dandaparushya, Nirnaya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.278). 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: “eṣa daṇḍavidhiḥ prokto vākpāruṣyasya tattvataḥ
  • eṣa -
  • eṣa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eṣa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    eṣ (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single], [perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
    iṣ (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • daṇḍavidhiḥ -
  • daṇḍavidhi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • prokto* -
  • prokta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • vākpāruṣyasya -
  • vākpāruṣya (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • tattvataḥ -
  • tattvataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tattvata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “ata ūrdhvaṃ pravakṣyāmi daṇḍapāruṣyanirṇayam
  • ata* -
  • ataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • ūrdhvam -
  • ūrdhvam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ūrdhva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ūrdhva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    ūrdhvā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • prava -
  • prava (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prava (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kṣyā -
  • kṣi (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • ami -
  • amin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    amin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • daṇḍapāruṣya -
  • daṇḍapāruṣya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • nirṇayam -
  • nirṇaya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
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