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 1.12

तस्मिन्नण्डे स भगवानुषित्वा परिवत्सरम् ।
स्वयमेवात्मनो ध्यानात्तदण्डमकरोद्द्विधा ॥ १२ ॥

tasminnaṇḍe sa bhagavānuṣitvā parivatsaram |
svayamevātmano dhyānāttadaṇḍamakaroddvidhā || 12 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 1.12 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 (1.12). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tad, Anda, Bhagavat, Parivatsara, Svayam, Eva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.12). 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: “tasminnaṇḍe sa bhagavānuṣitvā parivatsaram
  • tasminn -
  • tad (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • aṇḍe -
  • aṇḍa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bhagavān -
  • bhagavat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • uṣitvā -
  • vas -> uṣitvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √vas]
    vas -> uṣitvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √vas]
  • parivatsaram -
  • parivatsara (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “svayamevātmano dhyānāttadaṇḍamakaroddvidhā
  • svayam -
  • svayam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • evāt -
  • eva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • mano* -
  • Cannot analyse dhyānāttadaṇḍamakaroddvidhā
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