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 3.186

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वेदार्थवित्प्रवक्ता च ब्रह्मचारी सहस्रदः ।
शतायुश्चैव विज्ञेया ब्राह्मणाः पङ्क्तिपावनाः ॥ १८६ ॥

vedārthavitpravaktā ca brahmacārī sahasradaḥ |
śatāyuścaiva vijñeyā brāhmaṇāḥ paṅktipāvanāḥ || 186 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 3.186 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 (3.186). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vedarthavid, Pravaktri, Brahmacarin, Brahmacari, Sahasrada, Shatayu, Shatayus, Vijneya, Brahmana, Panktipavana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 3.186). 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: “vedārthavitpravaktā ca brahmacārī sahasradaḥ ”
vedārthavit -
vedārthavid (noun, masculine)

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

vedārthavid (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
pravaktā -
pravaktṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
brahmacārī -
brahmacārī (noun, masculine)

[compound]

brahmacārī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

brahmacārin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sahasradaḥ -
sahasrada (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

sahasradā (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
Line 2: “śatāyuścaiva vijñeyā brāhmaṇāḥ paṅktipāvanāḥ ”
śatāyuś -
śatāyus (noun, masculine)

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

śatāyus (noun, neuter)

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

śatāyu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

śatāyu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
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]
vijñeyā* -
vijñeya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vijñeyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
brāhmaṇāḥ -
brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

brāhmaṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
paṅktipāvanāḥ -
paṅktipāvana (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

paṅktipāvanā (noun, feminine)

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

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023