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 1.66

पित्र्ये रात्र्यहनी मासः प्रविभागस्तु पक्षयोः ।
कर्मचेष्टास्वहः कृष्णः शुक्लः स्वप्नाय शर्वरी ॥ ६६ ॥

pitrye rātryahanī māsaḥ pravibhāgastu pakṣayoḥ |
karmaceṣṭāsvahaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ śuklaḥ svapnāya śarvarī || 66 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 1.66 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 (1.66). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pitrya, Mas, Masa, Pravibhaga, Paksha, Karmaceshta, Ahan, Krishna, Shukla, Svapna, Sharvari, Sharvarin,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.66). 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: “pitrye rātryahanī māsaḥ pravibhāgastu pakṣayoḥ
  • pitrye -
  • pitrya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    pitrya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    pitryā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • rātryahanī -
  • māsaḥ -
  • mās (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    māsa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • pravibhāgas -
  • pravibhāga (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • pakṣayoḥ -
  • pakṣa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
    pakṣa (noun, neuter)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
    pakṣā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
  • Line 2: “karmaceṣṭāsvahaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ śuklaḥ svapnāya śarvarī
  • karmaceṣṭāsva -
  • karmaceṣṭā (noun, feminine)
    [locative plural]
  • ahaḥ -
  • ahan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ahar (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
    has (verb class 1)
    [aorist active second single]
  • kṛṣṇaḥ -
  • kṛṣṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • śuklaḥ -
  • śukla (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • svapnāya -
  • svapna (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    svapna (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
  • śarvarī -
  • śarvarī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    śarvarin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
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