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 8.339

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वानस्पत्यं मूलफलं दार्वग्न्यर्थं तथैव च ।
तृणं च गोभ्यो ग्रासार्थमस्तेयं मनुरब्रवीत् ॥ ३३९ ॥

vānaspatyaṃ mūlaphalaṃ dārvagnyarthaṃ tathaiva ca |
tṛṇaṃ ca gobhyo grāsārthamasteyaṃ manurabravīt || 339 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.339 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 (8.339). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vanaspatya, Mulaphala, Daru, Darva, Agni, Artha, Tatha, Trina, Gobhi, Grasa, Asteya, Manu, Manus,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.339). 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: “vānaspatyaṃ mūlaphalaṃ dārvagnyarthaṃ tathaiva ca ”
vānaspatyam -
vānaspatya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vānaspatya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

vānaspatyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
mūlaphalam -
mūlaphala (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
dārva -
dāru (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

dāru (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

dāru (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

dārva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

dārva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

dārvan (noun, masculine)

[compound]
agnya -
agni (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
artham -
artha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

artha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
tathai -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tatha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tatha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Line 2: “tṛṇaṃ ca gobhyo grāsārthamasteyaṃ manurabravīt ”
tṛṇam -
tṛṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

tṛṇa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
gobhyo* -
go (noun, masculine)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]

gobhī (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

gobhī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
grāsā -
grāsa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

grāsa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

grāsā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
artham -
artha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

artha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
asteyam -
asteya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
manur -
manus (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

manu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

manu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
abravīt -
√brū (verb class 2)

[imperfect active third single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023