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 1.97

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ब्राह्मणेषु च विद्वांसो विद्वत्सु कृतबुद्धयः ।
कृतबुद्धिषु कर्तारः कर्तृषु ब्रह्मवेदिनः ॥ ९७ ॥

brāhmaṇeṣu ca vidvāṃso vidvatsu kṛtabuddhayaḥ |
kṛtabuddhiṣu kartāraḥ kartṛṣu brahmavedinaḥ || 97 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 1.97 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 (1.97). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Brahmana, Vidvas, Kritabuddhi, Kartri, Kartara, Brahmavedin,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.97). 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: “brāhmaṇeṣu ca vidvāṃso vidvatsu kṛtabuddhayaḥ ”
brāhmaṇeṣu -
brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

brāhmaṇa (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vidvāṃso* -
vidvas (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

√vid -> vidvas (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √vid class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √vid class 2 verb]
vidvatsu -
vidvas (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

vidvas (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]

√vid -> vidvas (participle, masculine)

[locative plural from √vid class 2 verb]

√vid -> vidvas (participle, neuter)

[locative plural from √vid class 2 verb]
kṛtabuddhayaḥ -
kṛtabuddhi (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

kṛtabuddhi (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
Line 2: “kṛtabuddhiṣu kartāraḥ kartṛṣu brahmavedinaḥ ”
kṛtabuddhiṣu -
kṛtabuddhi (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

kṛtabuddhi (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]

kṛtabuddhi (noun, feminine)

[locative plural]
kartāraḥ -
kartṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

kartāra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√kṛ (verb class 1)

[periphrastic-future active third plural]

√kṛ (verb class 2)

[periphrastic-future active third plural]

√kṛ (verb class 5)

[periphrastic-future active third plural]

√kṛ (verb class 8)

[periphrastic-future active third plural]

√kṛ (verb class 3)

[periphrastic-future active third plural]

√kṛ (verb class 6)

[periphrastic-future active third plural]
kartṛṣu -
kartṛ (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

kartṛ (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
brahmavedinaḥ -
brahmavedin (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

brahmavedin (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023