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 2.157

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यथा काष्ठमयो हस्ती यथा चर्ममयो मृगः ।
यश्च विप्रोऽनधीयानस्त्रयस्ते नाम बिभ्रति ॥ १५७ ॥

yathā kāṣṭhamayo hastī yathā carmamayo mṛgaḥ |
yaśca vipro'nadhīyānastrayaste nāma bibhrati || 157 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 2.157 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 (2.157). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yatha, Kashthamaya, Hastin, Hasti, Carmamaya, Mriga, Mrigas, Yah, Vipra, Anadhiyana, Traya, Tri, Tad, Yushmad, Naman, Bibhrat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 2.157). 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: “yathā kāṣṭhamayo hastī yathā carmamayo mṛgaḥ ”
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
kāṣṭhamayo* -
kāṣṭhamaya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
hastī -
hastī (noun, masculine)

[compound]

hastī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

hastin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
carmamayo* -
carmamaya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
mṛgaḥ -
mṛgas (noun, neuter)

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

mṛga (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “yaśca vipro'nadhīyānastrayaste nāma bibhrati ”
yaś -
yaḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vipro' -
vipra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
anadhīyānas -
anadhīyāna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
trayas -
traya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

tri (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
te -
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]
nāma -
nāman (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
bibhrati -
bibhrat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

bibhrat (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [locative single]

√bhṛ (verb class 3)

[present active third plural]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023