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 1.76

आकाशात्तु विकुर्वाणात्सर्वगन्धवहः शुचिः ।
बलवाञ्जायते वायुः स वै स्पर्शगुणो मतः ॥ ७६ ॥

ākāśāttu vikurvāṇātsarvagandhavahaḥ śuciḥ |
balavāñjāyate vāyuḥ sa vai sparśaguṇo mataḥ || 76 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 1.76 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 (1.76). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Akasha, Vikurvana, Sarvagandhavaha, Shuci, Balavat, Jayat, Vayu, Sparshaguna, Mata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.76). 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: “ākāśāttu vikurvāṇātsarvagandhavahaḥ śuciḥ
  • ākāśāt -
  • ākāśa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    ākāśa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • vikurvāṇāt -
  • vikurvāṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    vikurvāṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • sarvagandhavahaḥ -
  • sarvagandhavaha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • śuciḥ -
  • śuci (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    śuci (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “balavāñjāyate vāyuḥ sa vai sparśaguṇo mataḥ
  • balavāñ -
  • balavat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • jāyate -
  • jai -> jāyat (participle, masculine)
    [dative single from √jai class 1 verb]
    jai -> jāyat (participle, neuter)
    [dative single from √jai class 1 verb]
    jai (verb class 1)
    [present middle third single]
    jan (verb class 4)
    [present middle third single]
  • vāyuḥ -
  • vāyu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    vāyu (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 2)
    [optative active third plural]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • vai -
  • (verb class 1)
    [present middle first single], [imperative middle first single]
  • sparśaguṇo* -
  • sparśaguṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • mataḥ -
  • mata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    man -> mata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √man class 4 verb], [nominative single from √man class 8 verb]
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