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 8.282

अवनिष्ठीवतो दर्पाद्द्वावोष्ठौ छेदयेन्नृपः ।
अवमूत्रयतो मेढ्रमवशर्धयतो गुदम् ॥ २८२ ॥

avaniṣṭhīvato darpāddvāvoṣṭhau chedayennṛpaḥ |
avamūtrayato meḍhramavaśardhayato gudam || 282 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.282 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 (8.282). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Avani, Darpa, Dva, Oshtha, Nripa, Ava, Mutra, Yatah, Yat, Yata, Medhra, Avasha, Guda,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.282). 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: “avaniṣṭhīvato darpāddvāvoṣṭhau chedayennṛpaḥ
  • avani -
  • avanī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    avani (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    avani (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • ṣṭhīvato* -
  • ṣṭhīv (verb class 1)
    [present active third dual]
  • darpād -
  • darpa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • dvāvo -
  • dva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • oṣṭhau -
  • oṣṭha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • chedayen -
  • chid (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • nṛpaḥ -
  • nṛpa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “avamūtrayato meḍhramavaśardhayato gudam
  • ava -
  • ava (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    o (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    av (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
    u (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • mūtra -
  • mūtra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • yato* -
  • yataḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    yat (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    yat (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    yata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    i -> yat (participle, masculine)
    [accusative plural from √i class 2 verb], [ablative single from √i class 2 verb], [genitive single from √i class 2 verb]
    i -> yat (participle, neuter)
    [ablative single from √i class 2 verb], [genitive single from √i class 2 verb]
    yam -> yata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √yam class 1 verb]
  • meḍhram -
  • meḍhra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    meḍhra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • avaśar -
  • avaśa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    avaśa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    avaśā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ṛdha -
  • ṛdh (verb class 6)
    [imperative active second single]
  • yato* -
  • yataḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    yat (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    yat (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    yata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    i -> yat (participle, masculine)
    [accusative plural from √i class 2 verb], [ablative single from √i class 2 verb], [genitive single from √i class 2 verb]
    i -> yat (participle, neuter)
    [ablative single from √i class 2 verb], [genitive single from √i class 2 verb]
    yam -> yata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √yam class 1 verb]
  • gudam -
  • guda (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    gudā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
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