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 4.36

वैणवीं धारयेद्यष्टिं सोदकं च कमण्डलुम् ।
यज्ञोपवीतं वेदं च शुभं रौक्मे च कुण्डले ॥ ३६ ॥

vaiṇavīṃ dhārayedyaṣṭiṃ sodakaṃ ca kamaṇḍalum |
yajñopavītaṃ vedaṃ ca śubhaṃ raukme ca kuṇḍale || 36 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 4.36 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 (4.36). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vainavi, Yashti, Sodaka, Kamandalu, Yajnopavita, Veda, Shubha, Shubh, Raukma, Kundala,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 4.36). 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: “vaiṇavīṃ dhārayedyaṣṭiṃ sodakaṃ ca kamaṇḍalum
  • vaiṇavīm -
  • vaiṇavī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • dhārayed -
  • dhṛ (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • yaṣṭim -
  • yaṣṭi (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • sodakam -
  • sodaka (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sodaka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sodakā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kamaṇḍalum -
  • kamaṇḍalu (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “yajñopavītaṃ vedaṃ ca śubhaṃ raukme ca kuṇḍale
  • yajñopavītam -
  • yajñopavīta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • vedam -
  • veda (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vedā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śubham -
  • śubha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śubha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    śubhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    śubh (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • raukme -
  • raukma (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    raukma (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kuṇḍale -
  • kuṇḍala (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    kuṇḍala (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    kuṇḍalā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
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