मनु-स्मृतिः
manu-smṛtiḥ
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chapter-5, verse-51
अनुमन्ता विशसिता निहन्ता क्रयविक्रयी ।
संस्कर्ता चोपहर्ता च खादकश्चेति घातकाः ॥५१॥
संस्कर्ता चोपहर्ता च खादकश्चेति घातकाः ॥५१॥
51. anumantā viśasitā nihantā krayavikrayī ,
saṁskartā copahartā ca khādakaśceti ghātakāḥ.
saṁskartā copahartā ca khādakaśceti ghātakāḥ.
51.
anumantā viśasitā nihantā krayavikrayī
saṃskartā copahartā ca khādakaśceti ghātakāḥ
saṃskartā copahartā ca khādakaśceti ghātakāḥ
51.
Those who permit, butcher, kill, buy, sell, prepare, offer, or eat [meat] are considered executioners.
Words meanings summery:
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- अनुमन्ता (anumantā) - one who permits [the act of killing] (one who permits, one who consents, one who approves)
- विशसिता (viśasitā) - butcher [of animals] (one who cuts, one who slaughters, butcher)
- निहन्ता (nihantā) - killer [of animals] (one who kills, slayer, murderer)
- क्रयविक्रयी (krayavikrayī) - one who buys and sells [animals for meat] (buyer and seller)
- संस्कर्ता (saṁskartā) - one who prepares [the meat] (one who prepares, one who refines, one who consecrates)
- च (ca) - and (and, also, too)
- उपहर्ता (upahartā) - one who offers [the meat, perhaps in a ritual] (one who offers, one who presents, one who brings near)
- च (ca) - and (and, also, too)
- खादकः (khādakaḥ) - eater [of meat] (one who eats, eater)
- च (ca) - and (and, also, too)
- इति (iti) - thus [they are considered] (thus, so, in this way)
- घातकाः (ghātakāḥ) - executioners [of living beings] (killers, executioners, murderers)
Words meanings and morphology
अनुमन्ता (anumantā) - one who permits [the act of killing] (one who permits, one who consents, one who approves)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of anumantṛ
anumantṛ - one who permits, one who consents, one who approves
Active Participle
from the root √am (to go, to move) with the prefix anu- (after, along) and the suffix -tṛ (agent suffix)
Prefix: anu
Root: am (class 1)
विशसिता (viśasitā) - butcher [of animals] (one who cuts, one who slaughters, butcher)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of viśasitṛ
viśasitṛ - one who cuts, one who slaughters, butcher
Active Participle
from the root √viśas (to cut, to slaughter) and the suffix -tṛ (agent suffix)
Prefix: vi
Root: śas (class 2)
निहन्ता (nihantā) - killer [of animals] (one who kills, slayer, murderer)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of nihantṛ
nihantṛ - one who kills, slayer, murderer
Active Participle
from the root √han (to kill) with the prefix ni- (down, off) and the suffix -tṛ (agent suffix)
Prefix: ni
Root: han (class 2)
क्रयविक्रयी (krayavikrayī) - one who buys and sells [animals for meat] (buyer and seller)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of krayavikrayin
krayavikrayin - buyer and seller
compound of kraya (purchase) and vikraya (sale)
Compound type : dvandva (kraya+vikraya)
- kraya – purchase, buying
noun (masculine)
from the root √krī (to buy)
Root: krī (class 1) - vikraya – sale, selling
noun (masculine)
from the root √krī (to sell) with the prefix vi- (apart, away)
Prefix: vi
Root: krī (class 1)
संस्कर्ता (saṁskartā) - one who prepares [the meat] (one who prepares, one who refines, one who consecrates)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃskartṛ
saṁskartṛ - one who prepares, one who refines, one who consecrates
Active Participle
from the root √kṛ (to do, to make) with the prefix saṃ- (together, with) and the suffix -tṛ (agent suffix)
Prefix: saṃ
Root: kṛ (class 8)
च (ca) - and (and, also, too)
(indeclinable)
उपहर्ता (upahartā) - one who offers [the meat, perhaps in a ritual] (one who offers, one who presents, one who brings near)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of upahartṛ
upahartṛ - one who offers, one who presents, one who brings near
Active Participle
from the root √hṛ (to carry, to bear) with the prefix upa- (near, towards) and the suffix -tṛ (agent suffix)
Prefix: upa
Root: hṛ (class 1)
च (ca) - and (and, also, too)
(indeclinable)
खादकः (khādakaḥ) - eater [of meat] (one who eats, eater)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of khādaka
khādaka - eater, one who eats
Active Participle
from the root √khād (to eat) and the suffix -ka (agent suffix)
Root: khād (class 1)
च (ca) - and (and, also, too)
(indeclinable)
इति (iti) - thus [they are considered] (thus, so, in this way)
(indeclinable)
घातकाः (ghātakāḥ) - executioners [of living beings] (killers, executioners, murderers)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of ghātaka
ghātaka - killer, slayer, murderer
Active Participle
from the root √ghan (to kill) and the suffix -ka (agent suffix)
Root: han (class 2)