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 8.396

शाल्मलीफलके श्लक्ष्णे नेनिज्यान्नेजकः शनैः ।
न च वासांसि वासोभिर्निर्हरेन्न च वासयेत् ॥ ३९६ ॥

śālmalīphalake ślakṣṇe nenijyānnejakaḥ śanaiḥ |
na ca vāsāṃsi vāsobhirnirharenna ca vāsayet || 396 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.396 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 (8.396). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shalmaliphalaka, Shlakshna, Nejaka, Shanaih, Shana, Vasas, Nih,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.396). 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: “śālmalīphalake ślakṣṇe nenijyānnejakaḥ śanaiḥ
  • śālmalīphalake -
  • śālmalīphalaka (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • ślakṣṇe -
  • ślakṣṇa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ślakṣṇa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    ślakṣṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • nenijyān -
  • nij (verb class 3)
    [optative active third single]
    nij (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • nejakaḥ -
  • nejaka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • śanaiḥ -
  • śanaiḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    śana (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    śana (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • Line 2: “na ca vāsāṃsi vāsobhirnirharenna ca vāsayet
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vāsāṃsi -
  • vāsas (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • vāsobhir -
  • vāsas (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • nir -
  • niḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    niḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ni (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    ni (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    nis (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • haren -
  • hṛ (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vāsayet -
  • vās (verb class 10)
    [optative active third single]
    vas (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
    vas (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
    vas (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
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