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 8.379

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मौण्ड्यं प्राणान्तिकं दण्डो ब्राह्मणस्य विधीयते ।
इतरेषां तु वर्णानां दण्डः प्राणान्तिको भवेत् ॥ ३७९ ॥

mauṇḍyaṃ prāṇāntikaṃ daṇḍo brāhmaṇasya vidhīyate |
itareṣāṃ tu varṇānāṃ daṇḍaḥ prāṇāntiko bhavet || 379 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.379 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 (8.379). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Maundya, Pranantika, Danda, Brahmana, Vidh, Vidhi, Iyat, Iyata, Itara, Varna,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.379). 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: “mauṇḍyaṃ prāṇāntikaṃ daṇḍo brāhmaṇasya vidhīyate ”
mauṇḍyam -
mauṇḍya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
prāṇāntikam -
prāṇāntika (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

prāṇāntika (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
daṇḍo* -
daṇḍa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
brāhmaṇasya -
brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

brāhmaṇa (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
vidhī -
vidhi (noun, feminine)

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

vidhi (noun, masculine)

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

vidhī (noun, masculine)

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

vidhī (noun, feminine)

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

vidhī (noun, neuter)

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

vidh (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

vidh (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
iyate -
iyat (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

iyat (noun, neuter)

[dative single]

iyatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

√i (verb class 2)

[present middle third plural]
Line 2: “itareṣāṃ tu varṇānāṃ daṇḍaḥ prāṇāntiko bhavet ”
itareṣām -
itara (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

itara (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
varṇānām -
varṇa (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

varṇa (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

varṇā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
daṇḍaḥ -
daṇḍa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
prāṇāntiko* -
prāṇāntika (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
bhavet -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023