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 1.89

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प्रजानां रक्षणं दानमिज्याऽध्ययनमेव च ।
विषयेष्वप्रसक्तिश्च क्षत्रियस्य समासतः ॥ ८९ ॥

prajānāṃ rakṣaṇaṃ dānamijyā'dhyayanameva ca |
viṣayeṣvaprasaktiśca kṣatriyasya samāsataḥ || 89 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 1.89 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 (1.89). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Praja, Prajana, Rakshana, Dana, Adhyayana, Eva, Vishaya, Aprasakti, Kshatriya, Samasatah,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.89). 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: “prajānāṃ rakṣaṇaṃ dānamijyā'dhyayanameva ca ”
prajānām -
praja (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

praja (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

prajā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]

prajānā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
rakṣaṇam -
rakṣaṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

rakṣaṇa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

rakṣaṇā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
dānam -
dāna (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

dāna (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
ijyā' -
adhyayanam -
adhyayana (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Line 2: “viṣayeṣvaprasaktiśca kṣatriyasya samāsataḥ ”
viṣayeṣva -
viṣaya (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]
aprasaktiś -
aprasakti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kṣatriyasya -
kṣatriya (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

kṣatriya (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
samāsataḥ -
samāsataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023