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 8.298

गर्धभाजाविकानां तु दण्डः स्यात्पञ्चमाषिकः ।
माषिकस्तु भवेद्दण्डः श्वसूकरनिपातने ॥ २९८ ॥

gardhabhājāvikānāṃ tu daṇḍaḥ syātpañcamāṣikaḥ |
māṣikastu bhaveddaṇḍaḥ śvasūkaranipātane || 298 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.298 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 (8.298). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Gardhabha, Ajavika, Danda, Syat, Sya, Pancamashika, Mashika, Shvan, Ukara, Nipatana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.298). 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: “gardhabhājāvikānāṃ tu daṇḍaḥ syātpañcamāṣikaḥ
  • gardhabhā -
  • gardhabha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    gardhabha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ajāvikānām -
  • ajāvika (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • daṇḍaḥ -
  • daṇḍa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • syāt -
  • syāt (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    syāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [optative active third single]
  • pañcamāṣikaḥ -
  • pañcamāṣika (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “māṣikastu bhaveddaṇḍaḥ śvasūkaranipātane
  • māṣikas -
  • māṣika (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • bhaved -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • daṇḍaḥ -
  • daṇḍa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • śvasū -
  • śvan (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
  • ukara -
  • ukara (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ukara (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • nipātane -
  • nipātana (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    nipātana (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    nipātanā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
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