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 2.151

अध्यापयामास पितॄन् शिशुराङ्गिरसः कविः ।
पुत्रका इति हौवाच ज्ञानेन परिगृह्य तान् ॥ १५१ ॥

adhyāpayāmāsa pitṝn śiśurāṅgirasaḥ kaviḥ |
putrakā iti hauvāca jñānena parigṛhya tān || 151 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 2.151 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 (2.151). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Adhi, Pitri, Shishu, Angirasa, Kavi, Putraka, Iti, Han, Jnana, Parigrihya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 2.151). 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: “adhyāpayāmāsa pitṝn śiśurāṅgirasaḥ kaviḥ
  • 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]
  • āpayāmā -
  • āp (verb class 0)
    [imperfect active first plural], [imperative active first plural]
    i (verb class 0)
    [imperfect active first plural], [imperative active first plural]
  • asa -
  • asan (noun, neuter)
    [compound]
  • pitṝn -
  • pitṛ (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • śiśur -
  • śiśu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    śiśu (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • āṅgirasaḥ -
  • āṅgirasa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • kaviḥ -
  • kavi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    kavi (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “putrakā iti hauvāca jñānena parigṛhya tān
  • putrakā* -
  • putraka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    putrakā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • hau -
  • ha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    han (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    han (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • auvā -
  • u (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • aca -
  • ac (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
    añc (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • jñānena -
  • jñāna (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • parigṛhya -
  • parigṛhya (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    parigṛhya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    parigṛhya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tān -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
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