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 9.88

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उत्कृष्टायाभिरूपाय वराय सदृशाय च ।
अप्राप्तामपि तां तस्मै कन्यां दद्याद्यथाविधि ॥ ८८ ॥

utkṛṣṭāyābhirūpāya varāya sadṛśāya ca |
aprāptāmapi tāṃ tasmai kanyāṃ dadyādyathāvidhi || 88 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 9.88 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 (9.88). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Utkrishta, Abhirupa, Vara, Sadrisha, Aprapta, Api, Tad, Kani, Kanya, Yathavidhi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 9.88). 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: “utkṛṣṭāyābhirūpāya varāya sadṛśāya ca ”
utkṛṣṭāyā -
utkṛṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

utkṛṣṭa (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
abhirūpāya -
abhirūpa (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

abhirūpa (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
varāya -
vara (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

vara (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
sadṛśāya -
sadṛśa (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

sadṛśa (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Line 2: “aprāptāmapi tāṃ tasmai kanyāṃ dadyādyathāvidhi ”
aprāptām -
aprāptā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
tām -
tā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

sā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
tasmai -
tad (noun, neuter)

[dative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[dative single]
kanyām -
kanī (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

kanyā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
dadyād -
√dā (verb class 3)

[optative active third single]
yathāvidhi -
yathāvidhi (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023