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 9.256

द्विविधांस्तस्करान्विद्यात्परद्रव्यापहारकान् ।
प्रकाशांश्चाप्रकाशांश्च चारचक्षुर्महीपतिः ॥ २५६ ॥

dvividhāṃstaskarānvidyātparadravyāpahārakān |
prakāśāṃścāprakāśāṃśca cāracakṣurmahīpatiḥ || 256 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 9.256 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 (9.256). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dvividha, Taskara, Vidya, Paradravyapaharaka, Prakasha, Aprakasha, Caracakshus, Caracakshu, Mahipati,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 9.256). 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: “dvividhāṃstaskarānvidyātparadravyāpahārakān
  • dvividhāṃs -
  • dvividha (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • taskarān -
  • taskara (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • vidyāt -
  • vidya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    vid (verb class 2)
    [optative active third single]
  • paradravyāpahārakān -
  • paradravyāpahāraka (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “prakāśāṃścāprakāśāṃśca cāracakṣurmahīpatiḥ
  • prakāśāṃś -
  • prakāśa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aprakāśāṃś -
  • aprakāśa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • cāracakṣur -
  • cāracakṣus (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    cāracakṣus (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    cāracakṣu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    cāracakṣu (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • mahīpatiḥ -
  • mahīpati (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
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