मनु-स्मृतिः
manu-smṛtiḥ
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chapter-9, verse-198
स्त्रियां तु यद भवेद वित्तं पित्रा दत्तं कथं चन ।
ब्राह्मणी तद हरेत कन्या तदपत्यस्य वा भवेत ॥१९८॥
ब्राह्मणी तद हरेत कन्या तदपत्यस्य वा भवेत ॥१९८॥
198. striyāṁ tu yad bhaved vittaṁ pitrā dattaṁ kathaṁ cana ,
brāhmaṇī tad haret kanyā tadapatyasya vā bhavet.
brāhmaṇī tad haret kanyā tadapatyasya vā bhavet.
198.
striyām tu yat bhavet vittam pitrā dattam katham cana
| brāhmaṇī tat haret kanyā tadapatyasya vā bhavet
| brāhmaṇī tat haret kanyā tadapatyasya vā bhavet
198.
striyām pitrā katham cana dattam yat vittam bhavet,
tat brāhmaṇī haret,
vā kanyā tadapatyasya bhavet.
tat brāhmaṇī haret,
vā kanyā tadapatyasya bhavet.
198.
Whatever wealth a woman has received from her father in any way, a Brāhmaṇa daughter should inherit that, or it should belong to her daughter's offspring.
Words meanings summery:
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- स्त्रियाम् (striyām) - in a woman
- तु (tu) - but, indeed, however
- यत् (yat) - whatever, which
- भवेत् (bhavet) - may be, should be
- वित्तम् (vittam) - wealth, property, possession
- पित्रा (pitrā) - by the father
- दत्तम् (dattam) - given, granted
- कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner
- चन (cana) - even, any (particle used with interrogatives to form indefinite pronouns)
- ब्राह्मणी (brāhmaṇī) - a Brāhmaṇa daughter (inheriting) (a Brāhmaṇa woman, a female of the Brāhmaṇa caste)
- तत् (tat) - that (property) (that, it)
- हरेत् (haret) - should take, should seize, should inherit
- कन्या (kanyā) - a daughter, a maiden
- तदपत्यस्य (tadapatyasya) - of the daughter's offspring (of her offspring, of that offspring)
- वा (vā) - or, either...or
- भवेत् (bhavet) - may be, should belong
Words meanings and morphology
स्त्रियाम् (striyām) - in a woman
(noun)
Locative, feminine, singular of strī
strī - woman, female
तु (tu) - but, indeed, however
(indeclinable)
यत् (yat) - whatever, which
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of yad
yad - which, what, whatever
भवेत् (bhavet) - may be, should be
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of bhū
Root: bhū (class 1)
वित्तम् (vittam) - wealth, property, possession
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of vitta
vitta - wealth, property, possession
Past Passive Participle
From root 'vid' (to find, obtain)
Root: vid (class 6)
पित्रा (pitrā) - by the father
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, singular of pitṛ
pitṛ - father
दत्तम् (dattam) - given, granted
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of datta
datta - given, granted, presented
Past Passive Participle
From root 'dā' (to give)
Root: dā (class 3)
कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner
(indeclinable)
चन (cana) - even, any (particle used with interrogatives to form indefinite pronouns)
(indeclinable)
ब्राह्मणी (brāhmaṇī) - a Brāhmaṇa daughter (inheriting) (a Brāhmaṇa woman, a female of the Brāhmaṇa caste)
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of brāhmaṇī
brāhmaṇī - a Brāhmaṇa woman
तत् (tat) - that (property) (that, it)
(pronoun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of tad
tad - that, it
हरेत् (haret) - should take, should seize, should inherit
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of hṛ
Root: hṛ (class 1)
कन्या (kanyā) - a daughter, a maiden
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of kanyā
kanyā - girl, maiden, daughter
तदपत्यस्य (tadapatyasya) - of the daughter's offspring (of her offspring, of that offspring)
(noun)
Genitive, neuter, singular of tadapatya
tadapatya - her offspring, that offspring
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tad+apatya)
- tad – that, her
pronoun (neuter) - apatya – offspring, child, progeny
noun (neuter)
वा (vā) - or, either...or
(indeclinable)
भवेत् (bhavet) - may be, should belong
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of bhū
Root: bhū (class 1)