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 8.296

मनुष्यमारणे क्षिप्रं चौरवत्किल्बिषं भवेत् ।
प्राणभृत्सु महत्स्वर्धं गोगजोष्ट्रहयादिषु ॥ २९६ ॥

manuṣyamāraṇe kṣipraṃ cauravatkilbiṣaṃ bhavet |
prāṇabhṛtsu mahatsvardhaṃ gogajoṣṭrahayādiṣu || 296 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.296 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 (8.296). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Manushyamarana, Kshipram, Kshipra, Cauravat, Kilbisha, Pranabhrit, Mahat, Ardha, Gaja, Ushtra, Haya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.296). 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: “manuṣyamāraṇe kṣipraṃ cauravatkilbiṣaṃ bhavet
  • manuṣyamāraṇe -
  • manuṣyamāraṇa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • kṣipram -
  • kṣipram (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kṣipra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kṣipra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    kṣiprā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • cauravat -
  • cauravat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    cauravat (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    cauravat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • kilbiṣam -
  • kilbiṣa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • bhavet -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 2: “prāṇabhṛtsu mahatsvardhaṃ gogajoṣṭrahayādiṣu
  • prāṇabhṛtsu -
  • prāṇabhṛt (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    prāṇabhṛt (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • mahatsva -
  • mahat (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    mahat (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • ardham -
  • ardha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ardha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    ardhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • go -
  • go (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    ga (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    gu (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • gajo -
  • gaja (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    gajā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    gaj (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • uṣṭra -
  • uṣṭra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • hayād -
  • haya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • iṣu -
  • iṣu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    i (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
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