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 3.12

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सवर्णाऽग्रे द्विजातीनां प्रशस्ता दारकर्मणि ।
कामतस्तु प्रवृत्तानामिमाः स्युः क्रमशोऽवराः ॥ १२ ॥

savarṇā'gre dvijātīnāṃ praśastā dārakarmaṇi |
kāmatastu pravṛttānāmimāḥ syuḥ kramaśo'varāḥ || 12 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 3.12 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 (3.12). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Agre, Agra, Agri, Dvijati, Prashasta, Darakarman, Kamatah, Pravritta, Iyam, Idam, Kramashah, Kramashas, Avara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 3.12). 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: “savarṇā'gre dvijātīnāṃ praśastā dārakarmaṇi ”
savarṇā' -
agre -
agre (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

agra (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

agra (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

agrā (noun, feminine)

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

agri (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
dvijātīnām -
dvijāti (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

dvijāti (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

dvijāti (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
praśastā* -
praśasta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

praśastā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
dārakarmaṇi -
dārakarman (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
Line 2: “kāmatastu pravṛttānāmimāḥ syuḥ kramaśo'varāḥ ”
kāmatas -
kāmataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
pravṛttānām -
pravṛtta (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

pravṛtta (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

pravṛttā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
imāḥ -
iyam (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]

idam (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
syuḥ -
√as (verb class 2)

[optative active third plural]
kramaśo' -
kramaśaḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kramaśas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
avarāḥ -
avara (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

avarā (noun, feminine)

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

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023