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 2.26

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वैदिकैः कर्मभिः पुण्यैर्निषेकादिर्द्विजन्मनाम् ।
कार्यः शरीरसंस्कारः पावनः प्रेत्य चैह च ॥ २६ ॥

vaidikaiḥ karmabhiḥ puṇyairniṣekādirdvijanmanām |
kāryaḥ śarīrasaṃskāraḥ pāvanaḥ pretya caiha ca || 26 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 2.26 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 (2.26). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vaidika, Karman, Punya, Nishekadi, Dvijanman, Dvijanmana, Kari, Karya, Sharirasamskara, Pavana, Pretya, Eha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 2.26). 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: “vaidikaiḥ karmabhiḥ puṇyairniṣekādirdvijanmanām ”
vaidikaiḥ -
vaidika (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

vaidika (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
karmabhiḥ -
karman (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
puṇyair -
puṇya (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

puṇya (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]

√puṇ -> puṇya (participle, masculine)

[instrumental plural from √puṇ class 10 verb]

√puṇ -> puṇya (participle, neuter)

[instrumental plural from √puṇ class 10 verb]
niṣekādir -
niṣekādi (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

niṣekādi (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
dvijanmanām -
dvijanman (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

dvijanman (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

dvijanmanā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
Line 2: “kāryaḥ śarīrasaṃskāraḥ pāvanaḥ pretya caiha ca ”
kāryaḥ -
kārī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

kārya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√kṛ -> kārya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kārya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √kṛ class 3 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 6 verb]

√kṝ -> kārya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √kṝ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṝ class 9 verb]
śarīrasaṃskāraḥ -
śarīrasaṃskāra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
pāvanaḥ -
pāvana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
pretya -
pretya (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
eha -
eha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eha (noun, neuter)

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

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023