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 2.141

एकदेशं तु वेदस्य वेदाङ्गान्यपि वा पुनः ।
योऽध्यापयति वृत्त्यर्थमुपाध्यायः स उच्यते ॥ १४१ ॥

ekadeśaṃ tu vedasya vedāṅgānyapi vā punaḥ |
yo'dhyāpayati vṛttyarthamupādhyāyaḥ sa ucyate || 141 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 2.141 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 (2.141). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ekadesha, Veda, Vedanga, Api, Puna, Yah, Adhi, Apayat, Vrittyartham, Upadhyaya, Sah, Ucyat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 2.141). 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: “ekadeśaṃ tu vedasya vedāṅgānyapi punaḥ
  • ekadeśam -
  • ekadeśa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ekadeśa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    ekadeśā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • vedasya -
  • veda (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
  • vedāṅgānya -
  • vedāṅga (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    api (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • -
  • (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • punaḥ -
  • pu (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    puna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 2: “yo'dhyāpayati vṛttyarthamupādhyāyaḥ sa ucyate
  • yo' -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yu (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    yu (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • adhyā -
  • adhi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]
    adhi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    adhī (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]
    adhī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [instrumental single]
    adhī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    dhā (verb class 1)
    [aorist middle first single]
    dhā (verb class 2)
    [aorist middle first single]
    dhā (verb class 3)
    [aorist middle first single]
    dhā (verb class 4)
    [aorist middle first single]
    adhi (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
    adhyā (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • āpayati -
  • āp -> āpayat (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √āp]
    āp -> āpayat (participle, neuter)
    [locative single from √āp]
    i -> āpayat (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √i]
    i -> āpayat (participle, neuter)
    [locative single from √i]
    āp (verb class 0)
    [present active third single]
    i (verb class 0)
    [present active third single]
  • vṛttyartham -
  • vṛttyartham (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • upādhyāyaḥ -
  • upādhyāya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sa* -
  • saḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    sa (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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