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 3.11

यस्यास्तु न भवेद्भ्राता न विज्ञायेत वा पिता ।
नौपयच्छेत तां प्राज्ञः पुत्रिकाऽधर्मशङ्कया ॥ ११ ॥

yasyāstu na bhavedbhrātā na vijñāyeta vā pitā |
naupayaccheta tāṃ prājñaḥ putrikā'dharmaśaṅkayā || 11 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 3.11 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 (3.11). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yasya, Bhratri, Vijna, Vijnaya, Ita, Pitri, Asmad, Payat, Sha, Shi, Prajna, Adharma, Shanka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

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  • Line 1: “yasyāstu na bhavedbhrātā na vijñāyeta pitā
  • yasyās -
  • yasya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    yasyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bhaved -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • bhrātā -
  • bhrātṛ (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vijñāye -
  • vijñāya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    vijñāya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    vijña (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    vijña (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
    vijñāyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ita -
  • ita (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ita (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    i -> ita (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
    i -> ita (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
    i (verb class 2)
    [imperative active second plural]
  • -
  • (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • pitā -
  • pitṛ (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “naupayaccheta tāṃ prājñaḥ putrikā'dharmaśaṅkayā
  • nau -
  • na (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ni (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ni (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    nu (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [accusative dual], [dative dual], [genitive dual]
  • payacch -
  • pay -> payat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √pay class 1 verb], [vocative single from √pay class 1 verb], [accusative single from √pay class 1 verb]
    pi -> payat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √pi class 1 verb], [vocative single from √pi class 1 verb], [accusative single from √pi class 1 verb]
    -> payat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √ class 1 verb]
  • śe -
  • śa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    śa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    śi (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • ita -
  • ita (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ita (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    i -> ita (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
    i -> ita (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
    i (verb class 2)
    [imperative active second plural]
  • tām -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • prājñaḥ -
  • prājña (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • putrikā' -
  • adharma -
  • adharma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śaṅkayā -
  • śaṅkā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
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