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 9.284

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चिकित्सकानां सर्वेषां मिथ्याप्रचरतां दमः ।
अमानुषेषु प्रथमो मानुषेषु तु मध्यमः ॥ २८४ ॥

cikitsakānāṃ sarveṣāṃ mithyāpracaratāṃ damaḥ |
amānuṣeṣu prathamo mānuṣeṣu tu madhyamaḥ || 284 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 9.284 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 (9.284). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Cikitsaka, Sarva, Mithya, Pracara, Dama, Amanusha, Prathama, Manusha, Madhyama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 9.284). 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: “cikitsakānāṃ sarveṣāṃ mithyāpracaratāṃ damaḥ ”
cikitsakānām -
cikitsaka (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

cikitsaka (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

cikitsakā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
sarveṣām -
sarva (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

sarva (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]
mithyā -
mithyā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
pracara -
pracara (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
tām -
tā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

sā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
damaḥ -
dama (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “amānuṣeṣu prathamo mānuṣeṣu tu madhyamaḥ ”
amānuṣeṣu -
amānuṣa (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

amānuṣa (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
prathamo* -
prathama (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
mānuṣeṣu -
mānuṣa (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

mānuṣa (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
madhyamaḥ -
madhyama (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023