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 2.124

भोःशब्दं कीर्तयेदन्ते स्वस्य नाम्नोऽभिवादने ।
नाम्नां स्वरूपभावो हि भोभाव ऋषिभिः स्मृतः ॥ १२४ ॥

bhoḥśabdaṃ kīrtayedante svasya nāmno'bhivādane |
nāmnāṃ svarūpabhāvo hi bhobhāva ṛṣibhiḥ smṛtaḥ || 124 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 2.124 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 (2.124). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bhohshabda, Anta, Anti, Sva, Naman, Abhivadana, Svarupabhava, Bhobhava, Rishi, Smrita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 2.124). 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: “bhoḥśabdaṃ kīrtayedante svasya nāmno'bhivādane
  • bhoḥśabdam -
  • bhoḥśabda (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • kīrtayed -
  • kīrt (verb class 10)
    [optative active third single]
  • ante -
  • anta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    anta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    antā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    anti (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    ant (verb class 1)
    [present middle first single]
  • svasya -
  • sva (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    sva (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • nāmno' -
  • nāman (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • abhivādane -
  • abhivādana (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • Line 2: “nāmnāṃ svarūpabhāvo hi bhobhāva ṛṣibhiḥ smṛtaḥ
  • nāmnām -
  • nāman (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
  • svarūpabhāvo* -
  • svarūpabhāva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • bhobhāva* -
  • bhobhāva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ṛṣibhiḥ -
  • ṛṣi (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • smṛtaḥ -
  • smṛta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    smṛ -> smṛta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]
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