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 3.49

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पुमान्पुंसोऽधिके शुक्रे स्त्री भवत्यधिके स्त्रियाः ।
समेऽपुमान्पुं।स्त्रियौ वा क्षीणेऽल्पे च विपर्ययः ॥ ४९ ॥

pumānpuṃso'dhike śukre strī bhavatyadhike striyāḥ |
same'pumānpuṃ|striyau vā kṣīṇe'lpe ca viparyayaḥ || 49 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 3.49 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 (3.49). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pums, Adhika, Shukra, Stri, Bhavati, Bhavat, Bhavant, Sama, Uma, Tri, Kshina, Alpa, Viparyaya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 3.49). 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: “pumānpuṃso'dhike śukre strī bhavatyadhike striyāḥ ”
pumān -
puṃs (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
puṃso' -
puṃs (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
adhike -
adhika (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

adhika (noun, neuter)

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

adhikā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
śukre -
śukra (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

śukra (noun, neuter)

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

śukrā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
strī -
strī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]
bhavatya -
bhavatī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

bhavat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

bhavat (noun, neuter)

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

bhavant (pronoun, masculine)

[locative single]

bhavant (pronoun, neuter)

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

bhavant (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√bhū (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
adhike -
adhika (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

adhika (noun, neuter)

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

adhikā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
striyāḥ -
strī (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
Line 2: “same'pumānpuṃ|striyau vā kṣīṇe'lpe ca viparyayaḥ ”
same' -
sama (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

sama (noun, neuter)

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

samā (noun, feminine)

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

√sam (verb class 1)

[present middle first single]
ap -
ap (noun, feminine)

[compound]

ap (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
umān -
uma (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
puṃs -
puṃs (noun, masculine)

[compound]
tri -
tṛ (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

tri (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]
iyau -
ī (noun, feminine)

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

ī (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
vā -
vā (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vā (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
kṣīṇe' -
kṣīṇa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

kṣīṇa (noun, neuter)

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

kṣīṇā (noun, feminine)

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

√kṣī -> kṣīṇa (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √kṣī class 1 verb], [locative single from √kṣī class 5 verb], [locative single from √kṣī class 9 verb]

√kṣī -> kṣīṇa (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √kṣī class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √kṣī class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √kṣī class 1 verb], [locative single from √kṣī class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √kṣī class 5 verb], [vocative dual from √kṣī class 5 verb], [accusative dual from √kṣī class 5 verb], [locative single from √kṣī class 5 verb], [nominative dual from √kṣī class 9 verb], [vocative dual from √kṣī class 9 verb], [accusative dual from √kṣī class 9 verb], [locative single from √kṣī class 9 verb]

√kṣī -> kṣīṇā (participle, feminine)

[nominative dual from √kṣī class 1 verb], [vocative single from √kṣī class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √kṣī class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √kṣī class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √kṣī class 5 verb], [vocative single from √kṣī class 5 verb], [vocative dual from √kṣī class 5 verb], [accusative dual from √kṣī class 5 verb], [nominative dual from √kṣī class 9 verb], [vocative single from √kṣī class 9 verb], [vocative dual from √kṣī class 9 verb], [accusative dual from √kṣī class 9 verb]
alpe -
alpa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [locative single]

alpa (noun, neuter)

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

alpā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
viparyayaḥ -
viparyaya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023