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 8.377

उभावपि तु तावेव ब्राह्मण्या गुप्तया सह ।
विप्लुतौ शूद्रवद्दण्ड्यौ दग्धव्यौ वा कटाग्निना ॥ ३७७ ॥

ubhāvapi tu tāveva brāhmaṇyā guptayā saha |
viplutau śūdravaddaṇḍyau dagdhavyau vā kaṭāgninā || 377 ||

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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 (8.377). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ubha, Api, Eva, Brahmani, Brahmanya, Gupta, Saha, Vipluta, Vipluti, Shudra, Dandya, Dandi, Dagdhavya, Katagni,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.377). 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: “ubhāvapi tu tāveva brāhmaṇyā guptayā saha
  • ubhāva -
  • ubha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • tāve -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • brāhmaṇyā* -
  • brāhmaṇī (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    brāhmaṇya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    brāhmaṇyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • guptayā -
  • guptā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    gup -> guptā (participle, feminine)
    [instrumental single from √gup class 4 verb]
  • saha -
  • saha (indeclinable postposition)
    [indeclinable postposition]
    saha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    saha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sah (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • Line 2: “viplutau śūdravaddaṇḍyau dagdhavyau kaṭāgninā
  • viplutau -
  • vipluta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    vipluti (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • śūdra -
  • śūdra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • va -
  • u (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ū (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    ū (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ū (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    o (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    au (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    au (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    va (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    va (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ad -
  • ad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    ad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • daṇḍyau -
  • daṇḍya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    daṇḍī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • dagdhavyau -
  • dagdhavya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • -
  • (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • kaṭāgninā -
  • kaṭāgni (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
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