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 2.128

अवाच्यो दीक्षितो नाम्ना यवीयानपि यो भवेत् ।
भोभवत्पूर्वकं त्वेनमभिभाषेत धर्मवित् ॥ १२८ ॥

avācyo dīkṣito nāmnā yavīyānapi yo bhavet |
bhobhavatpūrvakaṃ tvenamabhibhāṣeta dharmavit || 128 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 2.128 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 (2.128). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Avaci, Avacya, Dikshitri, Dikshita, Namna, Naman, Yaviyas, Api, Yah, Bhobhavatpurvakam, Tva, Bha, Dharmavid,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 2.128). 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: “avācyo dīkṣito nāmnā yavīyānapi yo bhavet
  • avācyo* -
  • avācī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    avācya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • dīkṣito* -
  • dīkṣitṛ (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    dīkṣita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    dīkṣ -> dīkṣita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √dīkṣ]
  • nāmnā -
  • nāmnā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    nāman (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • yavīyān -
  • yavīyas (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • yo* -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bhavet -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 2: “bhobhavatpūrvakaṃ tvenamabhibhāṣeta dharmavit
  • bhobhavatpūrvakam -
  • bhobhavatpūrvakam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • tvena -
  • tva (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    tva (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • ma -
  • ma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bhi -
  • bhī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    bhā (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • bhāṣeta -
  • bhāṣ (verb class 1)
    [optative middle third single]
  • dharmavit -
  • dharmavid (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    dharmavid (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
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