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 8.364

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योऽकामां दूषयेत्कन्यां स सद्यो वधमर्हति ।
सकामां दूषयंस्तुल्यो न वधं प्राप्नुयान्नरः ॥ ३६४ ॥

yo'kāmāṃ dūṣayetkanyāṃ sa sadyo vadhamarhati |
sakāmāṃ dūṣayaṃstulyo na vadhaṃ prāpnuyānnaraḥ || 364 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.364 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 (8.364). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yah, Akama, Kani, Kanya, Sadyah, Sadya, Sadyas, Vadha, Arhat, Sakama, Dushayat, Tulya, Pra, Nara, Nri,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.364). 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: “yo'kāmāṃ dūṣayetkanyāṃ sa sadyo vadhamarhati ”
yo' -
yaḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yu (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

yu (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
akāmām -
akāmā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
dūṣayet -
√duṣ (verb class 0)

[optative active third single]
kanyām -
kanī (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

kanyā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sadyo* -
sadyaḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sadyas (noun, neuter)

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

sadya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vadham -
vadha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vadhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
arhati -
arhat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

arhat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

√arh (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
Line 2: “sakāmāṃ dūṣayaṃstulyo na vadhaṃ prāpnuyānnaraḥ ”
sakāmām -
sakāmā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
dūṣayaṃs -
dūṣayat (noun, masculine)

[nominative single], [vocative single]

√duṣ -> dūṣayat (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √duṣ], [vocative single from √duṣ]
tulyo* -
tulya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√tul -> tulya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √tul class 10 verb]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vadham -
vadha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vadhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
prā -
pra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

prā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

pra (Preverb)

[Preverb]

prā (Preverb)

[Preverb]
āpnuyān -
√āp (verb class 5)

[optative active third single]
naraḥ -
nara (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

nṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023