Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi
by Ganganatha Jha | 1920 | 1,381,940 words | ISBN-10: 8120811550 | ISBN-13: 9788120811553
This is the English translation of the Manusmriti, which is a collection of Sanskrit verses dealing with 鈥楧harma鈥�, a collective name for human purpose, their duties and the law. Various topics will be dealt with, but this volume of the series includes 12 discourses (adhyaya). The commentary on this text by Medhatithi elaborately explains various t...
Verse 8.119 [Penalty for Perjury]
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶忇し啶距ぎ啶ㄠ啶い啶 啶膏啶ムぞ啶ㄠ 啶 啶膏ぞ啶曕啶粪啶ぎ啶ㄠ啶む 啶掂う啷囙い啷� 啷�
啶むじ啷嵿く 啶︵ぃ啷嵿ぁ啶掂た啶多啶粪ぞ啶傕じ啷嵿い啷� 啶啶班さ啶曕啶粪啶ぞ啶啶え啷佮お啷傕ぐ啷嵿さ啶多 啷� 啷оェ啷� 啷�e峁Ｄ乵anyatame sth膩ne ya岣� s膩k峁aman峁泃a峁� vadet |
tasya da峁囜笉avi艣e峁Ｄ佱箖stu pravak峁膩myanup奴rva艣a岣� || 119 ||I am going to explain, in due order, the particular punishments for him who should give false evidence from any one of these causes.鈥�(119)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh膩峁a):
The construction to be adopted in the following verse should be鈥斺�楬e who tells a lie through greed should be fined one thousand鈥� and so forth.鈥�(119)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in 笔补谤腻艣补谤补尘腻诲丑补惫补, (Vyavah膩ra, p. 82);鈥攁nd in 碍峁泃测补办补濒辫补迟补谤耻 (37a).
Comparative notes by various authors
(verses 8.118-123)
See Comparative notes for Verse 8.118.