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 3.276

कृष्णपक्षे दशम्यादौ वर्जयित्वा चतुर्दशीम् ।
श्राद्धे प्रशस्तास्तिथयो यथैता न तथैतराः ॥ २७६ ॥

kṛṣṇapakṣe daśamyādau varjayitvā caturdaśīm |
śrāddhe praśastāstithayo yathaitā na tathaitarāḥ || 276 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 3.276 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 (3.276). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Krishnapaksha, Dashami, Dashamin, Adau, Ada, Adi, Varjayitva, Caturdashi, Shraddha, Prashasta, Titha, Yah, Yatha, Eta, Esha, Tatha, Aitara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 3.276). 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: “kṛṣṇapakṣe daśamyādau varjayitvā caturdaśīm
  • kṛṣṇapakṣe -
  • kṛṣṇapakṣa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • daśamyā -
  • daśamī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [instrumental single]
    daśamin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single]
    daśamin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • ādau -
  • ādau (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    āda (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ādi (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ādi (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • varjayitvā -
  • varjayitvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • caturdaśīm -
  • caturdaśī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “śrāddhe praśastāstithayo yathaitā na tathaitarāḥ
  • śrāddhe -
  • śrāddha (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    śrāddha (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    śrāddhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • praśastās -
  • praśasta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    praśastā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • titha -
  • titha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • yo* -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • yathai -
  • yathā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    yathā (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • etā* -
  • eta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    etā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    eṣā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tathai -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tatha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tatha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aitarāḥ -
  • aitara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    aitarā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
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