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 2.70

अध्येष्यमाणस्त्वाचान्तो यथाशास्त्रमुदङ्मुखः ।
ब्रह्माञ्जलिकृतोऽध्याप्यो लघुवासा जितैन्द्रियः ॥ ७० ॥

adhyeṣyamāṇastvācānto yathāśāstramudaṅmukhaḥ |
brahmāñjalikṛto'dhyāpyo laghuvāsā jitaindriyaḥ || 70 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 2.70 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 (2.70). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Adhyeshyamana, Tvaca, Tas, Yathashastram, Udanmukha, Brahmanjalikrita, Adhyapya, Laghuvasas, Jit, Jita, Aindriya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 2.70). 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: “adhyeṣyamāṇastvācānto yathāśāstramudaṅmukhaḥ
  • adhyeṣyamāṇas -
  • adhyeṣyamāṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tvācān -
  • tvāca (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • to* -
  • tas (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • yathāśāstram -
  • yathāśāstram (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • udaṅmukhaḥ -
  • udaṅmukha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “brahmāñjalikṛto'dhyāpyo laghuvāsā jitaindriyaḥ
  • brahmāñjalikṛto' -
  • brahmāñjalikṛta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • adhyāpyo* -
  • adhyāpya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • laghuvāsā* -
  • laghuvāsas (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • jitai -
  • jita (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    jita (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    jit (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    jit (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    jitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    ji -> jita (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √ji class 1 verb], [vocative single from √ji class 9 verb]
    ji -> jita (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √ji class 1 verb], [vocative single from √ji class 9 verb]
    ji -> jitā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √ji class 1 verb], [nominative single from √ji class 9 verb]
  • aindriyaḥ -
  • aindriya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
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