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 3.8

नोद्वहेत्कपिलां कन्यां नाधिकाङ्गीं न रोगिणीम् ।
नालोमिकां नातिलोमां न वाचाटां न पिङ्गलाम् ॥ ८ ॥

nodvahetkapilāṃ kanyāṃ nādhikāṅgīṃ na rogiṇīm |
nālomikāṃ nātilomāṃ na vācāṭāṃ na piṅgalām || 8 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 3.8 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 (3.8). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kani, Kanya, Nri, Adhikangi, Rogin, Nati, Loma, Vacata, Pingala,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 3.8). 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: “nodvahetkapilāṃ kanyāṃ nādhikāṅgīṃ na rogiṇīm
  • Cannot analyse nodvahetkapilām*ka
  • kanyām -
  • kanī (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    kanyā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    nṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • adhikāṅgīm -
  • adhikāṅgī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • rogiṇī -
  • rogin (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    rogin (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • im -
  • i (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “nālomikāṃ nātilomāṃ na vācāṭāṃ na piṅgalām
  • Cannot analyse nālomikām*nā
  • nāti -
  • nāti (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    nāti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    nāti (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • lomām -
  • lomā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vācāṭām -
  • vācāṭā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • piṅgalām -
  • piṅgalā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
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