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 2.78

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एतदक्षरमेतां च जपन्व्याहृतिपूर्विकाम् ।
सन्ध्ययोर्वेदविद्विप्रो वेदपुण्येन युज्यते ॥ ७८ ॥

etadakṣarametāṃ ca japanvyāhṛtipūrvikām |
sandhyayorvedavidvipro vedapuṇyena yujyate || 78 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 2.78 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 (2.78). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Etad, Akshara, Eta, Esha, Japat, Purvika, Sandhya, Vedavid, Vipra, Vedapunya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 2.78). 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: “etadakṣarametāṃ ca japanvyāhṛtipūrvikām ”
etad -
etad (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

etad (noun, masculine)

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

etad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
akṣaram -
akṣara (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

akṣara (noun, neuter)

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

akṣarā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√kṣar (verb class 1)

[imperfect active first single]

√kṣar (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first single]
etām -
etā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

eṣā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
japan -
√jap -> japat (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √jap class 1 verb], [vocative single from √jap class 1 verb]
vyāhṛti -
vyāhṛti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
pūrvikām -
pūrvikā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
Line 2: “sandhyayorvedavidvipro vedapuṇyena yujyate ”
sandhyayor -
sandhya (noun, masculine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

sandhya (noun, neuter)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

sandhyā (noun, feminine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]
vedavid -
vedavid (noun, masculine)

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

vedavid (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
vipro* -
vipra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vedapuṇyena -
vedapuṇya (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
yujyate -
√yuj (verb class 7)

[present passive third single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023