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 3.126

सत्क्रियां देशकालौ च शौचं ब्राह्मणसम्पदः ।
पञ्चैतान्विस्तरो हन्ति तस्मान्नैहेत विस्तरम् ॥ १२६ ॥

satkriyāṃ deśakālau ca śaucaṃ brāhmaṇasampadaḥ |
pañcaitānvistaro hanti tasmānnaiheta vistaram || 126 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 3.126 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 (3.126). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Satkriya, Deshakala, Shauca, Brahmana, Sampad, Sampada, Panca, Pancan, Eta, Esha, Vistara, Tasmat, Tad, Nri, Ita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 3.126). 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: “satkriyāṃ deśakālau ca śaucaṃ brāhmaṇasampadaḥ
  • satkriyām -
  • satkriyā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • deśakālau -
  • deśakāla (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śaucam -
  • śauca (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śauca (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • brāhmaṇa -
  • brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    brāhmaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sampadaḥ -
  • sampad (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    sampada (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “pañcaitānvistaro hanti tasmānnaiheta vistaram
  • pañcai -
  • pañca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pañca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pañcan (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    pañcan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    pañcā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    pañc (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single], [imperative middle first single]
  • etān -
  • eta (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
    eṣa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • vistaro* -
  • vistara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • hanti -
  • hanti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    han (verb class 2)
    [present active third single]
  • tasmān -
  • tasmāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single]
  • nai -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    nṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • aihe -
  • īh (verb class 1)
    [imperfect middle first single]
  • ita -
  • ita (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ita (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    i -> ita (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
    i -> ita (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
    i (verb class 2)
    [imperative active second plural]
  • vistaram -
  • vistara (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vistara (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    vistarā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
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