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 3.32

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इच्छयाऽन्योन्यसंयोगः कन्यायाश्च वरस्य च ।
गान्धर्वः स तु विज्ञेयो मैथुन्यः कामसम्भवः ॥ ३२ ॥

icchayā'nyonyasaṃyogaḥ kanyāyāśca varasya ca |
gāndharvaḥ sa tu vijñeyo maithunyaḥ kāmasambhavaḥ || 32 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 3.32 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 (3.32). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Anyonya, Samyoga, Kanya, Vara, Gandharva, Vijneya, Maithuni, Maithunya, Kama, Sambhava, Sambhu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 3.32). 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: “icchayā'nyonyasaṃyogaḥ kanyāyāśca varasya ca ”
icchayā' -
anyonya -
anyonya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

anyonya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
saṃyogaḥ -
saṃyoga (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kanyāyāś -
kanyā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
varasya -
vara (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

vara (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Line 2: “gāndharvaḥ sa tu vijñeyo maithunyaḥ kāmasambhavaḥ ”
gāndharvaḥ -
gāndharva (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
vijñeyo* -
vijñeya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
maithunyaḥ -
maithunī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

maithunya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kāma -
kāma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kāma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
sambhavaḥ -
sambhava (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

sambhu (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

sambhu (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023