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 2.177

वर्जयेन्मधु मांसं च गन्धं माल्यं रसान् स्त्रियः ।
शुक्तानि यानि सर्वाणि प्राणिनां चैव हिंसनम् ॥ १७७ ॥

varjayenmadhu māṃsaṃ ca gandhaṃ mālyaṃ rasān striyaḥ |
śuktāni yāni sarvāṇi prāṇināṃ caiva hiṃsanam || 177 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 2.177 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 (2.177). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Varja, Madhu, Mamsa, Gandha, Malya, Mali, Rasa, Stri, Shukta, Yani, Yat, Sarva, Sarvani, Pranin, Himsana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 2.177). 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: “varjayenmadhu māṃsaṃ ca gandhaṃ mālyaṃ rasān striyaḥ
  • varjaye -
  • varjā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • īn -
  • i (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • madhu -
  • madhu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    madhu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • māṃsam -
  • māṃsa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    māṃsa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • gandham -
  • gandha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    gandha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    gandhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • mālyam -
  • mālya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    mālya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    mālyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    mal -> mālya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √mal class 1 verb]
    mal -> mālya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √mal class 1 verb], [accusative single from √mal class 1 verb]
    mālī (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • rasān -
  • rasa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • striyaḥ -
  • strī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “śuktāni yāni sarvāṇi prāṇināṃ caiva hiṃsanam
  • śuktāni -
  • śukta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    śuc -> śukta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √śuc class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √śuc class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √śuc class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √śuc class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √śuc class 4 verb], [accusative plural from √śuc class 4 verb]
    śuc -> śukta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √śuc class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √śuc class 4 verb], [accusative plural from √śuc class 4 verb]
    śuk -> śukta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √śuk class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √śuk class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √śuk class 1 verb]
  • yāni -
  • yānī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
    (verb class 2)
    [imperative active first single]
  • sarvāṇi -
  • sarvāṇī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    sarva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • prāṇinām -
  • prāṇin (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    prāṇin (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
  • cai -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • hiṃsanam -
  • hiṃsana (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    hiṃsana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
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