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 8.281

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सहासनमभिप्रेप्सुरुत्कृष्टस्यापकृष्टजः ।
कट्यां कृताङ्को निर्वास्यः स्फिचं वाऽस्यावकर्तयेत् ॥ २८१ ॥

sahāsanamabhiprepsurutkṛṣṭasyāpakṛṣṭajaḥ |
kaṭyāṃ kṛtāṅko nirvāsyaḥ sphicaṃ vā'syāvakartayet || 281 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.281 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 (8.281). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sahasana, Abhiprepsu, Utkrishta, Apakrishta, Kati, Kritanka, Nirvasya, Sphic,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.281). 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: “sahāsanamabhiprepsurutkṛṣṭasyāpakṛṣṭajaḥ ”
sahāsanam -
sahāsana (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
abhiprepsur -
abhiprepsu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

abhiprepsu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
utkṛṣṭasyā -
utkṛṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

utkṛṣṭa (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
apakṛṣṭa -
apakṛṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

apakṛṣṭa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
jaḥ -
ja (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “kaṭyāṃ kṛtāṅko nirvāsyaḥ sphicaṃ vā'syāvakartayet ”
kaṭyām -
kaṭi (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

kaṭī (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
kṛtāṅko* -
kṛtāṅka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
nirvāsyaḥ -
nirvāsya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sphicam -
sphic (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
Cannot analyse vā'syāvakartayet

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023