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 8.404

पणं यानं तरे दाप्यं पौरुषोऽर्धपणं तरे ।
पादं पशुश्च योषित्च पादार्धं रिक्तकः पुमान् ॥ ४०४ ॥

paṇaṃ yānaṃ tare dāpyaṃ pauruṣo'rdhapaṇaṃ tare |
pādaṃ paśuśca yoṣitca pādārdhaṃ riktakaḥ pumān || 404 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.404 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 (8.404). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pana, Yana, Tara, Tari, Dapya, Paurusha, Ardhapana, Pada, Pashu, Yoshit, Padardha, Riktaka, Pums,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.404). 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: “paṇaṃ yānaṃ tare dāpyaṃ pauruṣo'rdhapaṇaṃ tare
  • paṇam -
  • paṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • yānam -
  • yāna (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    yāna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    yānā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • tare -
  • tara (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    tara (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    tarā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tari (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • dāpyam -
  • dāpya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dāpya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    dāpyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    -> dāpya (participle, masculine)
    [adverb from √]
    -> dāpya (participle, neuter)
    [adverb from √]
    -> dāpyā (participle, feminine)
    [adverb from √]
    -> dāpya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √]
    -> dāpya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √], [accusative single from √]
  • pauruṣo' -
  • pauruṣa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ardhapaṇam -
  • ardhapaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • tare -
  • tara (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    tara (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    tarā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tari (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “pādaṃ paśuśca yoṣitca pādārdhaṃ riktakaḥ pumān
  • pādam -
  • pāda (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • paśuś -
  • paśu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • yoṣit -
  • yoṣit (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pādārdham -
  • pādārdha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • riktakaḥ -
  • riktaka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • pumān -
  • puṃs (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
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