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 3.21

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ब्राह्मो दैवस्तथैवार्षः प्राजापत्यस्तथाऽसुरः ।
गान्धर्वो राक्षसश्चैव पैशाचश्चाष्टमोऽधमः ॥ २१ ॥

brāhmo daivastathaivārṣaḥ prājāpatyastathā'suraḥ |
gāndharvo rākṣasaścaiva paiśācaścāṣṭamo'dhamaḥ || 21 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 3.21 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 (3.21). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Brahma, Daiva, Tatha, Arsha, Prajapati, Prajapatya, Asura, Gandharva, Rakshasa, Paishaca, Adhama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 3.21). 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: “brāhmo daivastathaivārṣaḥ prājāpatyastathā'suraḥ ”
brāhmo* -
brāhma (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
daivas -
daiva (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tathai -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tatha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tatha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aivā -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
ārṣaḥ -
ārṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√ṛṣ (verb class 1)

[imperfect active second single]

√ṛṣ (verb class 6)

[imperfect active second single]
prājāpatyas -
prājāpatī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

prājāpatya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tathā' -
asuraḥ -
asura (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√sur (verb class 6)

[imperfect active second single]
Line 2: “gāndharvo rākṣasaścaiva paiśācaścāṣṭamo'dhamaḥ ”
gāndharvo* -
gāndharva (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
rākṣasaś -
rākṣasa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
paiśācaś -
paiśāca (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
cāṣ -
ca (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
ṭam -
ṭa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ṭa (noun, neuter)

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

ṭā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
o' -
o (noun, masculine)

[compound]

a (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

u (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

ṛ (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
adhamaḥ -
adhama (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√dham (verb class 1)

[imperfect active second single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023