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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 2.152
ते तमर्थमपृच्छन्त देवानागतमन्यवः ।
देवाश्चैतान् समेत्यौचुर्न्याय्यं वः शिशुरुक्तवान् ॥ १५२ ॥
te tamarthamapṛcchanta devānāgatamanyavaḥ |
devāścaitān sametyaucurnyāyyaṃ vaḥ śiśuruktavān || 152 ||
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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 (2.152). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Tad, Yushmad, Artha, Deva, Agata, Ani, Anya, Ava, Avas, Eta, Esha, Shishu, Uktavat,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 2.152). 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: “te tamarthamapṛcchanta devānāgatamanyavaḥ ”
- te -
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ta (noun, masculine)[locative single]ta (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]tā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]tad (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]sā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[dative single], [genitive single]
- tam -
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ta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]tā (noun, feminine)[adverb]tan (noun, masculine)[adverb]sa (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- artham -
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artha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]artha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- apṛcchanta -
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√praś (verb class 6)[imperfect middle third plural]
- devān -
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deva (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- āgatam -
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āgata (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]āgata (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]āgatā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√ag (verb class 1)[imperfect active second dual]
- anya -
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ani (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]anī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]anya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√an -> anya (absolutive)[absolutive from √an]
- avaḥ -
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avas (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]ava (noun, masculine)[nominative single]u (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- Line 2: “devāścaitān sametyaucurnyāyyaṃ vaḥ śiśuruktavān ”
- devāś -
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deva (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]devā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- cai -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]cā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- etān -
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eta (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]eṣa (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- Cannot analyse sametyaucurnyāyyam*va
- vaḥ -
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va (noun, masculine)[nominative single]yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[accusative plural], [dative plural], [genitive plural]
- śiśur -
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śiśu (noun, masculine)[nominative single]śiśu (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- uktavān -
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uktavat (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√vac -> uktavat (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √vac class 2 verb], [nominative single from √vac class 3 verb]