मनु-स्मृतिः
manu-smṛtiḥ
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chapter-8, verse-274
काणं वाऽप्यथ वा खञ्जमन्यं वाऽपि तथाविधम ।
तथ्येनापि ब्रुवन दाप्यो दण्डं कार्षापणावरम ॥२७४॥
तथ्येनापि ब्रुवन दाप्यो दण्डं कार्षापणावरम ॥२७४॥
274. kāṇaṁ vā'pyatha vā khañjamanyaṁ vā'pi tathāvidham ,
tathyenāpi bruvan dāpyo daṇḍaṁ kārṣāpaṇāvaram.
tathyenāpi bruvan dāpyo daṇḍaṁ kārṣāpaṇāvaram.
274.
kāṇam vā api atha vā khañjam anyam vā api tathāvidham
tathyena api bruvan dāpyaḥ daṇḍam kārṣāpaṇāvaram
tathyena api bruvan dāpyaḥ daṇḍam kārṣāpaṇāvaram
274.
tathyena api bruvan kāṇam vā api atha vā khañjam vā api
anyam tathāvidham (person) dāpyaḥ daṇḍam kārṣāpaṇāvaram
anyam tathāvidham (person) dāpyaḥ daṇḍam kārṣāpaṇāvaram
274.
Even if speaking truthfully, one who refers to a person as one-eyed, or lame, or similarly afflicted in any other way, shall be made to pay a fine of not less than a kārṣāpaṇa.
Words meanings summery:
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- काणम् (kāṇam) - one-eyed (person) (one-eyed, blind in one eye)
- वा (vā) - or (or, either)
- अपि (api) - even, also (even, also, too)
- अथ (atha) - then (introducing another alternative) (then, now, moreover)
- वा (vā) - or (or, either)
- खञ्जम् (khañjam) - lame (person) (lame, limping)
- अन्यम् (anyam) - any other (other, another)
- वा (vā) - or (or, either)
- अपि (api) - even, also (even, also, too)
- तथाविधम् (tathāvidham) - similarly afflicted (such, of that kind, similarly afflicted)
- तथ्येन (tathyena) - truthfully (by truth, truthfully)
- अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)
- ब्रुवन् (bruvan) - referring to (while speaking) (speaking, saying)
- दाप्यः (dāpyaḥ) - shall be made to pay (to be made to give/pay)
- दण्डम् (daṇḍam) - fine (punishment, fine, stick)
- कार्षापणावरम् (kārṣāpaṇāvaram) - of not less than a kārṣāpaṇa (less than a kārṣāpaṇa, at least a kārṣāpaṇa)
Words meanings and morphology
काणम् (kāṇam) - one-eyed (person) (one-eyed, blind in one eye)
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, singular of kāṇa
kāṇa - one-eyed, blind in one eye, having a defect in one eye
Note: Refers to a person with this defect.
वा (vā) - or (or, either)
(indeclinable)
अपि (api) - even, also (even, also, too)
(indeclinable)
अथ (atha) - then (introducing another alternative) (then, now, moreover)
(indeclinable)
वा (vā) - or (or, either)
(indeclinable)
खञ्जम् (khañjam) - lame (person) (lame, limping)
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, singular of khañja
khañja - lame, limping
Note: Refers to a person with this defect.
अन्यम् (anyam) - any other (other, another)
(pronoun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of anya
anya - other, another, different
वा (vā) - or (or, either)
(indeclinable)
अपि (api) - even, also (even, also, too)
(indeclinable)
तथाविधम् (tathāvidham) - similarly afflicted (such, of that kind, similarly afflicted)
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, singular of tathāvidha
tathāvidha - such, of that kind, of that description
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tathā+vidha)
- tathā – thus, in that manner
indeclinable - vidha – kind, sort, manner
noun (masculine)
Note: Qualifies the implied 'person'.
तथ्येन (tathyena) - truthfully (by truth, truthfully)
(noun)
Instrumental, neuter, singular of tathya
tathya - truth, reality; true, real
अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)
(indeclinable)
ब्रुवन् (bruvan) - referring to (while speaking) (speaking, saying)
(verbal derivative)
Note: Refers to the subject who is speaking.
दाप्यः (dāpyaḥ) - shall be made to pay (to be made to give/pay)
(verbal derivative)
Note: Implies the person who speaks (bruvan) is the one to be made to pay.
दण्डम् (daṇḍam) - fine (punishment, fine, stick)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of daṇḍa
daṇḍa - stick, staff, punishment, fine, penalty
Note: Object of 'to pay'.
कार्षापणावरम् (kārṣāpaṇāvaram) - of not less than a kārṣāpaṇa (less than a kārṣāpaṇa, at least a kārṣāpaṇa)
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, singular of kārṣāpaṇāvara
kārṣāpaṇāvara - having a kārṣāpaṇa as the lowest limit, not less than a kārṣāpaṇa
Tatpuruṣa compound: kārṣāpaṇa (a copper coin) + avara (lower/least). Refers to the minimum amount of the fine.
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kārṣāpaṇa+avara)
- kārṣāpaṇa – a copper coin, a weight of silver/copper
noun (masculine) - avara – lower, lowest, inferior, minimum
adjective (masculine)
Note: Qualifies 'daṇḍam'.