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 2.178

अभ्यङ्गमञ्जनं चाक्ष्णोरुपानच्छत्रधारणम् ।
कामं क्रोधं च लोभं च नर्तनं गीतवादनम् ॥ १७८ ॥

abhyaṅgamañjanaṃ cākṣṇorupānacchatradhāraṇam |
kāmaṃ krodhaṃ ca lobhaṃ ca nartanaṃ gītavādanam || 178 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 2.178 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 (2.178). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Abhyanga, Anjana, Akshan, Upanah, Sha, Tra, Dharana, Kamam, Kama, Krodha, Lobha, Nartana, Gitavadana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 2.178). 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: “abhyaṅgamañjanaṃ cākṣṇorupānacchatradhāraṇam
  • abhyaṅgam -
  • abhyaṅga (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    abhyaṅga (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • añjanam -
  • añjana (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    añjana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    añjanā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • akṣṇor -
  • akṣan (noun, neuter)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
  • upānacch -
  • upānah (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • śa -
  • śa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tra -
  • tra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dhāraṇam -
  • dhāraṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dhāraṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    dhāraṇā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “kāmaṃ krodhaṃ ca lobhaṃ ca nartanaṃ gītavādanam
  • kāmam -
  • kāmam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kāma (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kāma (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    kāmā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • krodham -
  • krodha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    krodha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    krodhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    krodhan (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    krodhan (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • lobham -
  • lobha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • nartanam -
  • nartana (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    nartana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • gītavādanam -
  • gītavādana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
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