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 3.70

अध्यापनं ब्रह्मयज्ञः पितृयज्ञस्तु तर्पणम् ।
होमो दैवो बलिर्भौतो नृयज्ञोऽतिथिपूजनम् ॥ ७० ॥

adhyāpanaṃ brahmayajñaḥ pitṛyajñastu tarpaṇam |
homo daivo balirbhauto nṛyajño'tithipūjanam || 70 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 3.70 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 (3.70). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Adhyapana, Brahmayajna, Pitriyajna, Tarpana, Homa, Daiva, Bali, Bhauta, Nriyajna, Atithipujana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 3.70). 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: “adhyāpanaṃ brahmayajñaḥ pitṛyajñastu tarpaṇam
  • adhyāpanam -
  • adhyāpana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    adhyāpanā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • brahmayajñaḥ -
  • brahmayajña (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • pitṛyajñas -
  • pitṛyajña (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • tarpaṇam -
  • tarpaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    tarpaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “homo daivo balirbhauto nṛyajño'tithipūjanam
  • homo* -
  • homa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • daivo* -
  • daiva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • balir -
  • bali (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bhauto* -
  • bhauta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • nṛyajño' -
  • nṛyajña (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • atithipūjanam -
  • atithipūjana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
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