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 2.240

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स्त्रियो रत्नान्यथो विद्या धर्मः शौचं सुभाषितम् ।
विविधानि च शिल्पानि समादेयानि सर्वतः ॥ २४० ॥

striyo ratnānyatho vidyā dharmaḥ śaucaṃ subhāṣitam |
vividhāni ca śilpāni samādeyāni sarvataḥ || 240 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 2.240 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 (2.240). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Stri, Ratna, Ratnani, Atho, Vidya, Dharma, Shauca, Subhashita, Vividha, Shilpa, Samadeya, Sarvatah, Sarvata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 2.240). 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: “striyo ratnānyatho vidyā dharmaḥ śaucaṃ subhāṣitam ”
striyo* -
strī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
ratnānya -
ratnāni (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

ratnāni (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

ratnāni (noun, neuter)

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

ratna (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
atho -
atho (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
vidyā* -
vidyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√vid (verb class 2)

[optative active second single]
dharmaḥ -
dharma (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
śaucam -
śauca (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śauca (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
subhāṣitam -
subhāṣita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

subhāṣita (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

subhāṣitā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “vividhāni ca śilpāni samādeyāni sarvataḥ ”
vividhāni -
vividha (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śilpāni -
śilpa (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
samādeyāni -
samādeya (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
sarvataḥ -
sarvataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sarvata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023