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 2.155

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विप्राणां ज्ञानतो ज्यैष्ठ्यं क्षत्रियाणां तु वीर्यतः ।
वैश्यानां धान्यधनतः शूद्राणामेव जन्मतः ॥ १५५ ॥

viprāṇāṃ jñānato jyaiṣṭhyaṃ kṣatriyāṇāṃ tu vīryataḥ |
vaiśyānāṃ dhānyadhanataḥ śūdrāṇāmeva janmataḥ || 155 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 2.155 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 (2.155). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vipra, Jnanatah, Jyaishthya, Kshatriya, Virya, Tas, Vaishya, Dhanyadhanatah, Shudra, Eva, Janmatah,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 2.155). 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: “viprāṇāṃ jñānato jyaiṣṭhyaṃ kṣatriyāṇāṃ tu vīryataḥ ”
viprāṇām -
vipra (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

vipra (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

viprā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
jñānato* -
jñānataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
jyaiṣṭhyam -
jyaiṣṭhya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
kṣatriyāṇām -
kṣatriya (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

kṣatriya (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

kṣatriyā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
vīrya -
vīrya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√vīr -> vīrya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √vīr]

√vīr -> vīrya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √vīr class 10 verb]

√vīr -> vīrya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √vīr class 10 verb]
taḥ -
tas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

ta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “vaiśyānāṃ dhānyadhanataḥ śūdrāṇāmeva janmataḥ ”
vaiśyānām -
vaiśya (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

vaiśya (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

vaiśyā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
dhānyadhanataḥ -
dhānyadhanataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
śūdrāṇām -
śūdra (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

śūdrā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
janmataḥ -
janmataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023