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 2.217

विप्रोष्य पादग्रहणमन्वहं चाभिवादनम् ।
गुरुदारेषु कुर्वीत सतां धर्ममनुस्मरन् ॥ २१७ ॥

viproṣya pādagrahaṇamanvahaṃ cābhivādanam |
gurudāreṣu kurvīta satāṃ dharmamanusmaran || 217 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 2.217 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 (2.217). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Viproshya, Padagrahana, Anvaham, Abhivadana, Gurudara, Sat, Dharma, Anu, Smarat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 2.217). 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: “viproṣya pādagrahaṇamanvahaṃ cābhivādanam
  • viproṣya -
  • viproṣya (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • pādagrahaṇam -
  • pādagrahaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • anvaham -
  • anvaham (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • abhivādanam -
  • abhivādana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “gurudāreṣu kurvīta satāṃ dharmamanusmaran
  • gurudāreṣu -
  • gurudāra (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
  • kurvīta -
  • kṛ (verb class 8)
    [optative middle third single]
  • satām -
  • sat (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    sat (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
  • dharmam -
  • dharma (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dharman (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    dharman (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
    dharmā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • anu -
  • anu (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    anu (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    anu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    anu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    anu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • smaran -
  • smṛ -> smarat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √smṛ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]
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