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 3.42

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अनिन्दितैः स्त्रीविवाहैरनिन्द्या भवति प्रजा ।
निन्दितैर्निन्दिता नॄणां तस्मान्निन्द्यान्विवर्जयेत् ॥ ४२ ॥

aninditaiḥ strīvivāhairanindyā bhavati prajā |
ninditairninditā nṝṇāṃ tasmānnindyānvivarjayet || 42 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 3.42 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 (3.42). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Anindita, Strivivaha, Anindya, Bhavati, Bhavat, Bhavant, Praja, Nindita, Nri,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 3.42). 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: “aninditaiḥ strīvivāhairanindyā bhavati prajā ”
aninditaiḥ -
anindita (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

anindita (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
strīvivāhair -
strīvivāha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
anindyā* -
anindya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

anindyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
bhavati -
bhavatī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

bhavat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

bhavat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

bhavant (pronoun, masculine)

[locative single]

bhavant (pronoun, neuter)

[locative single]

√bhū (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
prajā -
prajā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “ninditairninditā nṝṇāṃ tasmānnindyānvivarjayet ”
ninditair -
nindita (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

nindita (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]

√nind -> nindita (participle, masculine)

[instrumental plural from √nind class 1 verb]

√nind -> nindita (participle, neuter)

[instrumental plural from √nind class 1 verb]
ninditā* -
nindita (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

ninditā (noun, feminine)

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

√nind -> nindita (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √nind class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √nind class 1 verb]

√nind -> ninditā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √nind class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √nind class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √nind class 1 verb]
nṝṇām -
nṛ (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]
Cannot analyse tasmānnindyānvivarjayet

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023