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 8.412

दास्यं तु कारयन्लोभाद्ब्राह्मणः संस्कृतान्द्विजान् ।
अनिच्छतः प्राभवत्याद् राज्ञा दण्ड्यः शतानि षट् ॥ ४१२ ॥

dāsyaṃ tu kārayanlobhādbrāhmaṇaḥ saṃskṛtāndvijān |
anicchataḥ prābhavatyād rājñā daṇḍyaḥ śatāni ṣaṭ || 412 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.412 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 (8.412). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dasya, Karayat, Lobha, Brahmana, Samskrita, Dvija, Aniccha, Tas, Prabhavatya, Rajan, Dandya, Dandi, Shata, Shat, Shash,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.412). 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: “dāsyaṃ tu kārayanlobhādbrāhmaṇaḥ saṃskṛtāndvijān
  • dāsyam -
  • dāsya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    das -> dāsya (participle, masculine)
    [adverb from √das]
    das -> dāsya (participle, neuter)
    [adverb from √das]
    das -> dāsyā (participle, feminine)
    [adverb from √das]
    das -> dāsya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √das]
    das -> dāsya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √das], [accusative single from √das]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • kārayan -
  • kṛ -> kārayat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √kṛ], [vocative single from √kṛ]
  • lobhād -
  • lobha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • brāhmaṇaḥ -
  • brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • saṃskṛtān -
  • saṃskṛta (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • dvijān -
  • dvija (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “anicchataḥ prābhavatyād rājñā daṇḍyaḥ śatāni ṣaṭ
  • aniccha -
  • aniccha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    aniccha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • taḥ -
  • tas (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • prābhavatyād -
  • prābhavatya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • rājñā -
  • rājan (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • daṇḍyaḥ -
  • daṇḍya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    daṇḍī (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    daṇḍī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • śatāni -
  • śata (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ṣaṭ -
  • ṣaṭ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ṣaṣ (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    ṣaṣ (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
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