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 3.164

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श्वक्रीडी श्येनजीवी च कन्यादूषक एव च ।
हिंस्रो वृषलवृत्तिश्च गणानां चैव याजकः ॥ १६४ ॥

śvakrīḍī śyenajīvī ca kanyādūṣaka eva ca |
hiṃsro vṛṣalavṛttiśca gaṇānāṃ caiva yājakaḥ || 164 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 3.164 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 (3.164). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shvakridin, Shyenajivin, Kanyadushaka, Eva, Himsra, Vrishala, Vritti, Gana, Yajaka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 3.164). 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: “śvakrīḍī śyenajīvī ca kanyādūṣaka eva ca ”
śvakrīḍī -
śvakrīḍin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
śyenajīvī -
śyenajīvin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kanyādūṣaka* -
kanyādūṣaka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Line 2: “hiṃsro vṛṣalavṛttiśca gaṇānāṃ caiva yājakaḥ ”
hiṃsro* -
hiṃsra (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

vṛṣala (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vṛttiś -
vṛtti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
gaṇānām -
gaṇa (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

gaṇā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
yājakaḥ -
yājaka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023