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 2.87

जप्येनैव तु संसिध्येद्ब्राह्मणो नात्र संशयः ।
कुर्यादन्यन्न वा कुर्यान्मैत्रो ब्राह्मण उच्यते ॥ ८७ ॥

japyenaiva tu saṃsidhyedbrāhmaṇo nātra saṃśayaḥ |
kuryādanyanna vā kuryānmaitro brāhmaṇa ucyate || 87 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 2.87 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 (2.87). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Japya, Brahmana, Samshaya, Kuryada, Anna, Maitra, Ucyat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 2.87). 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: “japyenaiva tu saṃsidhyedbrāhmaṇo nātra saṃśayaḥ
  • japyenai -
  • japya (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    japya (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    jap -> japya (participle, masculine)
    [instrumental single from √jap class 1 verb]
    jap -> japya (participle, neuter)
    [instrumental single from √jap class 1 verb]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • saṃ -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sam (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • sidhyed -
  • sidh (verb class 4)
    [optative active third single]
  • brāhmaṇo* -
  • brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • nāt -
  • na (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • ra -
  • ra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • saṃśayaḥ -
  • saṃśaya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “kuryādanyanna kuryānmaitro brāhmaṇa ucyate
  • kuryāda -
  • kuryāda (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kuryāda (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • nya -
  • ni (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ni (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ni (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • anna -
  • anna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    anna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • -
  • (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • kuryān -
  • kṛ (verb class 8)
    [optative active third single]
  • maitro* -
  • maitra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • brāhmaṇa* -
  • brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ucyate -
  • uc -> ucyat (participle, masculine)
    [dative single from √uc class 4 verb]
    uc -> ucyat (participle, neuter)
    [dative single from √uc class 4 verb]
    vac (verb class 2)
    [present passive third single]
    vac (verb class 3)
    [present passive third single]
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