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 3.278

यथा चैवापरः पक्षः पूर्वपक्षाद्विशिष्यते ।
तथा श्राद्धस्य पूर्वाह्णादपराह्णो विशिष्यते ॥ २७८ ॥

yathā caivāparaḥ pakṣaḥ pūrvapakṣādviśiṣyate |
tathā śrāddhasya pūrvāhṇādaparāhṇo viśiṣyate || 278 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 3.278 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 (3.278). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yatha, Apara, Paksha, Pakshas, Purvapaksha, Vishishya, Tad, Yushmad, Tatha, Shraddha, Purvahna, Aparahna,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 3.278). 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: “yathā caivāparaḥ pakṣaḥ pūrvapakṣādviśiṣyate
  • yathā -
  • yathā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    yathā (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • cai -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aivā -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • aparaḥ -
  • apara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • pakṣaḥ -
  • pakṣas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    pakṣa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • pūrvapakṣād -
  • pūrvapakṣa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • viśiṣya -
  • viśiṣya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    viśiṣya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 2: “tathā śrāddhasya pūrvāhṇādaparāhṇo viśiṣyate
  • tathā -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • śrāddhasya -
  • śrāddha (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    śrāddha (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • pūrvāhṇād -
  • pūrvāhṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • aparāhṇo* -
  • aparāhṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • viśiṣya -
  • viśiṣya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    viśiṣya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
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