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 11.8

शक्तः परजने दाता स्वजने दुःखजीविनि ।
मध्वापातो विषास्वादः स धर्मप्रतिरूपकः ॥ ८ ॥

śaktaḥ parajane dātā svajane duḥkhajīvini |
madhvāpāto viṣāsvādaḥ sa dharmapratirūpakaḥ || 8 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 11.8 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 (11.8). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shakta, Parajana, Datri, Data, Svajana, Duhkhajivin, Duhkhajivini, Madhvapata, Vishasvada, Dharmapratirupaka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 11.8). 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: “śaktaḥ parajane dātā svajane duḥkhajīvini
  • śaktaḥ -
  • śakta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    śac -> śakta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √śac class 1 verb]
    śak -> śakta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √śak class 5 verb]
  • parajane -
  • parajana (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • dātā -
  • dātṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    dātā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
    (verb class 3)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
    (verb class 2)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
    (verb class 4)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
    dai (verb class 1)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
    de (verb class 1)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
  • svajane -
  • svajana (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • duḥkhajīvini -
  • duḥkhajīvinī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    duḥkhajīvin (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    duḥkhajīvin (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • Line 2: “madhvāpāto viṣāsvādaḥ sa dharmapratirūpakaḥ
  • madhvāpāto* -
  • madhvāpāta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • viṣāsvādaḥ -
  • viṣāsvāda (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • dharmapratirūpakaḥ -
  • dharmapratirūpaka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
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