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 8.368

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सकामां दूषयंस्तुल्यो नाङ्गुलिछेदमाप्नुयात् ।
द्विशतं तु दमं दाप्यः प्रसङ्गविनिवृत्तये ॥ ३६८ ॥

sakāmāṃ dūṣayaṃstulyo nāṅgulichedamāpnuyāt |
dviśataṃ tu damaṃ dāpyaḥ prasaṅgavinivṛttaye || 368 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.368 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 (8.368). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sakama, Dushayat, Tulya, Nri, Anguli, Cheda, Dvishata, Dama, Dapya, Prasangavinivritti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.368). 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: “sakāmāṃ dūṣayaṃstulyo nāṅgulichedamāpnuyāt ”
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]
nā -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

nā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

nṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
aṅguli -
aṅguli (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

aṅgulī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]
chedam -
cheda (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

cheda (noun, neuter)

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

chedā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
āpnuyāt -
√āp (verb class 5)

[optative active third single]
Line 2: “dviśataṃ tu damaṃ dāpyaḥ prasaṅgavinivṛttaye ”
dviśatam -
dviśata (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

dviśata (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
damam -
dama (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

dama (noun, neuter)

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

damā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
dāpyaḥ -
dāpya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√dā -> dāpya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √dā]
prasaṅgavinivṛttaye -
prasaṅgavinivṛtti (noun, feminine)

[dative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023