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 2.91

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बुद्धीन्द्रियाणि पञ्चैषां श्रोत्रादीन्यनुपूर्वशः ।
कर्मेन्द्रियाणि पञ्चैषां पाय्वादीनि प्रचक्षते ॥ ९१ ॥

buddhīndriyāṇi pañcaiṣāṃ śrotrādīnyanupūrvaśaḥ |
karmendriyāṇi pañcaiṣāṃ pāyvādīni pracakṣate || 91 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 2.91 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 (2.91). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Buddhindriya, Panca, Pancan, Idam, Shrotradi, Anupurvashah, Karmendriya, Payu, Adi, Adin, Pra,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 2.91). 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: “buddhīndriyāṇi pañcaiṣāṃ śrotrādīnyanupūrvaśaḥ ”
buddhīndriyāṇi -
buddhīndriya (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
pañcai -
pañca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pañca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

pañcan (noun, masculine)

[compound], [nominative single]

pañcan (noun, neuter)

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

pañcā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√pañc (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single], [imperative middle first single]
eṣām -
idam (pronoun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

idam (pronoun, neuter)

[genitive plural]
śrotrādīnya -
śrotrādi (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
anupūrvaśaḥ -
anupūrvaśaḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
Line 2: “karmendriyāṇi pañcaiṣāṃ pāyvādīni pracakṣate ”
karmendriyāṇi -
karmendriya (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
pañcai -
pañca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pañca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

pañcan (noun, masculine)

[compound], [nominative single]

pañcan (noun, neuter)

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

pañcā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√pañc (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single], [imperative middle first single]
eṣām -
idam (pronoun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

idam (pronoun, neuter)

[genitive plural]
pāyvā -
pāyu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
ādīni -
ādi (noun, neuter)

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

ādin (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

pra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

pra (Preverb)

[Preverb]
cakṣate -
√cakṣ (verb class 2)

[present middle third plural]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023