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 3.256

दर्भाः पवित्रं पूर्वाह्णो हविष्याणि च सर्वशः ।
पवित्रं यच्च पूर्वोक्तं विज्ञेया हव्यसम्पदः ॥ २५६ ॥

darbhāḥ pavitraṃ pūrvāhṇo haviṣyāṇi ca sarvaśaḥ |
pavitraṃ yacca pūrvoktaṃ vijñeyā havyasampadaḥ || 256 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 3.256 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 (3.256). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Darbha, Pavitra, Purvahna, Havishya, Sarvashah, Yat, Yad, Purvokta, Vijneya, Havya, Sampad, Sampada,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 3.256). 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: “darbhāḥ pavitraṃ pūrvāhṇo haviṣyāṇi ca sarvaśaḥ
  • darbhāḥ -
  • darbha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    darbhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • pavitram -
  • pavitra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pavitra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    pavitrā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • pūrvāhṇo* -
  • pūrvāhṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • haviṣyāṇi -
  • haviṣya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sarvaśaḥ -
  • sarvaśaḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • Line 2: “pavitraṃ yacca pūrvoktaṃ vijñeyā havyasampadaḥ
  • pavitram -
  • pavitra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pavitra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    pavitrā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • yac -
  • yat (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    yad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    yat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    i -> yat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pūrvoktam -
  • pūrvokta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pūrvokta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    pūrvoktā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • vijñeyā* -
  • vijñeya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    vijñeyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • havya -
  • havya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    havya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    hu -> havya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √hu class 3 verb]
    hu -> havya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √hu class 3 verb]
    -> havya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √ class 1 verb]
    -> havya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √ class 1 verb]
  • sampadaḥ -
  • sampad (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    sampada (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
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