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 12.10

वाग्दण्डोऽथ मनोदण्डः कायदण्डस्तथैव च ।
यस्यैते निहिता बुद्धौ त्रिदण्डीति स उच्यते ॥ १० ॥

vāgdaṇḍo'tha manodaṇḍaḥ kāyadaṇḍastathaiva ca |
yasyaite nihitā buddhau tridaṇḍīti sa ucyate || 10 ||

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

Vagdanda, Atha, Manodanda, Kayadanda, Tatha, Yasya, Yah, Yat, Nihita, Buddha, Buddhi, Tridandin, Tridandi, Iti, Sah, Ucyat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 12.10). 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: “vāgdaṇḍo'tha manodaṇḍaḥ kāyadaṇḍastathaiva ca
  • vāgdaṇḍo' -
  • vāgdaṇḍa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • atha -
  • atha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • manodaṇḍaḥ -
  • manodaṇḍa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • kāyadaṇḍas -
  • kāyadaṇḍa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tathai -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tatha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tatha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “yasyaite nihitā buddhau tridaṇḍīti sa ucyate
  • yasyai -
  • yasya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yasya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yas -> yasya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √yas]
    yasyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [dative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [dative single]
    yas (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single], [imperative passive first single]
  • aite -
  • nihitā* -
  • nihita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    nihitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • buddhau -
  • buddha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    buddhi (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • tridaṇḍī -
  • tridaṇḍin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single]
    tridaṇḍī (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    tridaṇḍī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    tridaṇḍī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • sa* -
  • saḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ucyate -
  • uc -> ucyat (participle, masculine)
    [dative single from √uc class 4 verb]
    uc -> ucyat (participle, neuter)
    [dative single from √uc class 4 verb]
    vac (verb class 2)
    [present passive third single]
    vac (verb class 3)
    [present passive third single]
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