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 9.271

ग्रामेष्वपि च ये के चिच्चौराणां भक्तदायकाः ।
भाण्डावकाशदाश्चैव सर्वांस्तानपि घातयेत् ॥ २७१ ॥

grāmeṣvapi ca ye ke ciccaurāṇāṃ bhaktadāyakāḥ |
bhāṇḍāvakāśadāścaiva sarvāṃstānapi ghātayet || 271 ||

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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 (9.271). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Grama, Api, Yah, Yat, Kah, Kim, Cit, Caura, Bhaktadayaka, Bhandavakashada, Sarva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 9.271). 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: “grāmeṣvapi ca ye ke ciccaurāṇāṃ bhaktadāyakāḥ
  • grāmeṣva -
  • grāma (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    grāma (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ye -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ke -
  • ka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    ka (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • cic -
  • cit (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    cit (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    cit (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • caurāṇām -
  • caura (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    caura (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    caurā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • bhaktadāyakāḥ -
  • bhaktadāyaka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    bhaktadāyakā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “bhāṇḍāvakāśadāścaiva sarvāṃstānapi ghātayet
  • bhāṇḍāvakāśadāś -
  • bhāṇḍāvakāśada (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • cai -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • sarvāṃs -
  • sarva (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • tān -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    api (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • ghātayet -
  • han (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
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