मनु-स्मृतिः
manu-smṛtiḥ
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chapter-8, verse-248
तडागान्युदपानानि वाप्यः प्रस्रवणानि च ।
सीमासंधिषु कार्याणि देवतायतनानि च ॥२४८॥
सीमासंधिषु कार्याणि देवतायतनानि च ॥२४८॥
248. taḍāgānyudapānāni vāpyaḥ prasravaṇāni ca ,
sīmāsaṁdhiṣu kāryāṇi devatāyatanāni ca.
sīmāsaṁdhiṣu kāryāṇi devatāyatanāni ca.
248.
taḍāgāni udapānāni vāpyaḥ prasravaṇāni ca
sīmāsandhiṣu kāryāṇi devatāyatanāni ca
sīmāsandhiṣu kāryāṇi devatāyatanāni ca
248.
taḍāgāni udapānāni vāpyaḥ prasravaṇāni ca
devatāyatanāni ca sīmāsandhiṣu kāryāṇi
devatāyatanāni ca sīmāsandhiṣu kāryāṇi
248.
Large ponds, wells, step-wells, and springs should be constructed at the boundary junctions, as should temples.
Words meanings summery:
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- तडागानि (taḍāgāni) - large ponds, tanks
- उदपानानि (udapānāni) - wells
- वाप्यः (vāpyaḥ) - step-wells, tanks
- प्रस्रवणानि (prasravaṇāni) - springs, fountains
- च (ca) - and
- सीमासन्धिषु (sīmāsandhiṣu) - at the boundary junctions
- कार्याणि (kāryāṇi) - should be made, should be constructed
- देवतायतनानि (devatāyatanāni) - temples, abodes of deities
- च (ca) - and
Words meanings and morphology
तडागानि (taḍāgāni) - large ponds, tanks
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, plural of taḍāga
taḍāga - pond, tank, large basin
उदपानानि (udapānāni) - wells
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, plural of udapāna
udapāna - well, water-drawing device
वाप्यः (vāpyaḥ) - step-wells, tanks
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, plural of vāpī
vāpī - large well, step-well, pond
प्रस्रवणानि (prasravaṇāni) - springs, fountains
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, plural of prasravaṇa
prasravaṇa - flowing forth, spring, fountain
from pra + sru (to flow)
Prefix: pra
Root: sru (class 1)
च (ca) - and
(indeclinable)
सीमासन्धिषु (sīmāsandhiṣu) - at the boundary junctions
(noun)
Locative, masculine, plural of sīmāsandhi
sīmāsandhi - junction of boundaries
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sīmā+sandhi)
- sīmā – boundary, limit
noun (feminine) - sandhi – junction, union, connection
noun (masculine)
कार्याणि (kāryāṇi) - should be made, should be constructed
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, plural of kārya
kārya - to be done, fit to be done, duty, action
Gerundive
formed with suffix -ya from root kṛ
Root: kṛ (class 8)
देवतायतनानि (devatāyatanāni) - temples, abodes of deities
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, plural of devatāyatana
devatāyatana - abode of deities, temple
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (devatā+āyatana)
- devatā – deity, divinity
noun (feminine) - āyatana – abode, dwelling, temple
noun (neuter)
च (ca) - and
(indeclinable)