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 2.13

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अर्थकामेष्वसक्तानां धर्मज्ञानं विधीयते ।
धर्मं जिज्ञासमानानां प्रमाणं परमं श्रुतिः ॥ १३ ॥

arthakāmeṣvasaktānāṃ dharmajñānaṃ vidhīyate |
dharmaṃ jijñāsamānānāṃ pramāṇaṃ paramaṃ śrutiḥ || 13 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 2.13 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 (2.13). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Arthakama, Asakta, Dharmajnana, Vidh, Vidhi, Iyat, Iyata, Dharma, Jijnasamana, Pramana, Paramam, Parama, Shruti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 2.13). 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: “arthakāmeṣvasaktānāṃ dharmajñānaṃ vidhīyate ”
arthakāmeṣva -
arthakāma (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

arthakāma (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
asaktānām -
asakta (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

asakta (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

asaktā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
dharmajñānam -
dharmajñāna (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
vidhī -
vidhi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

vidhi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

vidhī (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]

vidhī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

vidhī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

vidh (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

vidh (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
iyate -
iyat (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

iyat (noun, neuter)

[dative single]

iyatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

√i (verb class 2)

[present middle third plural]
Line 2: “dharmaṃ jijñāsamānānāṃ pramāṇaṃ paramaṃ śrutiḥ ”
dharmam -
dharma (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

dharman (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

dharman (noun, neuter)

[adverb]

dharmā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
jijñāsamānānām -
√jñā -> jijñāsamāna (participle, masculine)

[genitive plural from √jñā]

√jñā -> jijñāsamāna (participle, neuter)

[genitive plural from √jñā]

√jñā -> jijñāsamānā (participle, feminine)

[genitive plural from √jñā]
pramāṇam -
pramāṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

pramāṇa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
paramam -
paramam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

parama (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

parama (noun, neuter)

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

paramā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
śrutiḥ -
śruti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023