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 2.41

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कार्ष्णरौरवबास्तानि चर्माणि ब्रह्मचारिणः ।
वसीरन्नानुपूर्व्येण शाणक्षौमाविकानि च ॥ ४१ ॥

kārṣṇarauravabāstāni carmāṇi brahmacāriṇaḥ |
vasīrannānupūrvyeṇa śāṇakṣaumāvikāni ca || 41 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 2.41 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 (2.41). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Karshna, Raurava, Basta, Carma, Carman, Brahmacarin, Brahmacari, Anupurvya, Shana, Kshauma, Avika,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 2.41). 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: “kārṣṇarauravabāstāni carmāṇi brahmacāriṇaḥ ”
kārṣṇa -
kārṣṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kārṣṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
raurava -
raurava (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

raurava (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bāstāni -
bāsta (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
carmāṇi -
carma (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

carman (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
brahmacāriṇaḥ -
brahmacārin (noun, masculine)

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

brahmacārin (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

brahmacārī (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
Line 2: “vasīrannānupūrvyeṇa śāṇakṣaumāvikāni ca ”
vasīrann -
√vas (verb class 2)

[optative middle third plural]
ānupūrvyeṇa -
ānupūrvya (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
śāṇa -
śāṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śāṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kṣaumā -
kṣauma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kṣauma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
avikāni -
avika (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023