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 2.231

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पिता वै गार्हपत्योऽग्निर्माताऽग्निर्दक्षिणः स्मृतः ।
गुरुराहवनीयस्तु साऽग्नित्रेता गरीयसी ॥ २३१ ॥

pitā vai gārhapatyo'gnirmātā'gnirdakṣiṇaḥ smṛtaḥ |
gururāhavanīyastu sā'gnitretā garīyasī || 231 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 2.231 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 (2.231). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pitri, Garhapatya, Agni, Dakshina, Smrita, Guru, Ahavaniya, Agnitreta, Gariyas,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 2.231). 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: “pitā vai gārhapatyo'gnirmātā'gnirdakṣiṇaḥ smṛtaḥ ”
pitā -
pitṛ (noun, masculine)

[compound], [nominative single]
vai -
√vā (verb class 1)

[present middle first single], [imperative middle first single]
gārhapatyo' -
gārhapatya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
agnir -
agni (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
mātā' -
agnir -
agni (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
dakṣiṇaḥ -
dakṣiṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
smṛtaḥ -
smṛta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√smṛ -> smṛta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]
Line 2: “gururāhavanīyastu sā'gnitretā garīyasī ”
gurur -
guru (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
āhavanīyas -
āhavanīya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
sā' -
agnitretā* -
agnitretā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
garīyasī -
garīyas (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023