Manusmriti [sanskrit]

by Ganganatha Jha | 1920 | 23,875 words | ISBN-10: 8120811550 | ISBN-13: 9788120811553

This is the Sanskrit text of the Manusmriti, which is a collection of verses dealing with ‘Dharma-Shastra’—the ancient Indian science of Law, Spritual life, Politics and Ethics.. The edition of this text is based on Ganganatha Jha’s translation of the same text.

Verse 1.4

स तैः पृष्टस्तथा सम्यगमितोजा महात्मभिः ।
प्रत्युवाचार्च्य तान् सर्वान्महर्षींश्रूयतामिति ॥ ४ ॥

sa taiḥ pṛṣṭastathā samyagamitojā mahātmabhiḥ |
pratyuvācārcya tān sarvānmaharṣīṃśrūyatāmiti || 4 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 1.4 is contained in the book Manusmrti (Sanskrit and English) by Ganganath Jha. This book is available online or you could buy the latest edition:

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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (1.4). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tad, Prishta, Tatha, Samyak, Amita, Mahatman, Prati, Arcya, Sarva, Maharshi, Iti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.4). If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.

  • Line 1: “sa taiḥ pṛṣṭastathā samyagamitojā mahātmabhiḥ
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • taiḥ -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • pṛṣṭas -
  • pṛṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    pṛṣ -> pṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √pṛṣ class 1 verb]
    praś -> pṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √praś class 6 verb]
  • tathā -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • samyag -
  • samyak (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • amito -
  • amita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • jā* -
  • ja (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • mahātmabhiḥ -
  • mahātman (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    mahātman (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • Line 2: “pratyuvācārcya tān sarvānmaharṣīṃśrūyatāmiti
  • pratyu -
  • prati (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    prati (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    pratī (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    pratī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    pratī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    prati (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • uvācā -
  • vac (verb class 2)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
    vac (verb class 3)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
  • arcya -
  • arcya (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    arcya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    arcya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ṛc -> arcya (participle, masculine)
    [compound from √ṛc]
    ṛc -> arcya (participle, neuter)
    [compound from √ṛc]
    ṛc -> arcya (participle, masculine)
    [compound from √ṛc]
    ṛc -> arcya (participle, neuter)
    [compound from √ṛc]
    ṛc -> arcya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √ṛc]
    ṛc -> arcya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √ṛc]
    ṛc -> arcya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √ṛc]
    ṛc -> arcya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √ṛc]
    ṛc -> arcya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √ṛc]
  • tān -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • sarvān -
  • sarva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative plural], [ablative single]
    sarva (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single]
  • maharṣī -
  • maharṣi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • iṃ -
  • i (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • śrūyatām -
  • śru (verb class 5)
    [imperative passive third single]
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
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