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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 4.38
न लङ्घयेद्वत्सतन्त्रीं न प्रधावेच्च वर्षति ।
न चोदके निरीक्षेत स्वरूपमिति धारणा ॥ ३८ ॥
na laṅghayedvatsatantrīṃ na pradhāvecca varṣati |
na codake nirīkṣeta svarūpamiti dhāraṇā || 38 ||
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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 (4.38). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Vatsa, Tantri, Pradha, Varshat, Codaka, Niriksha, Ita, Svarupa, Iti, Dharana,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 4.38). 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: “na laṅghayedvatsatantrīṃ na pradhāvecca varṣati ”
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- laṅghayed -
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√laṅgh (verb class 10)[optative active third single]√laṅgh (verb class 0)[optative active third single]
- vatsa -
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vatsa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]vatsa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- tantrīm -
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tantrī (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- pradhā -
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pradha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]pradhā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- avec -
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√av (verb class 1)[optative active third single]√u (verb class 1)[optative active third single]√vid (verb class 2)[imperfect active second single], [imperfect active third single]√vī (verb class 2)[imperfect active third single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- varṣati -
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varṣat (noun, masculine)[locative single]varṣat (noun, neuter)[locative single]√vṛṣ -> varṣat (participle, masculine)[locative single from √vṛṣ class 1 verb]√vṛṣ -> varṣat (participle, neuter)[locative single from √vṛṣ class 1 verb]√vṛṣ (verb class 1)[present active third single]
- Line 2: “na codake nirīkṣeta svarūpamiti dhāraṇā ”
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- codake -
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codaka (noun, masculine)[locative single]codaka (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]codakā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- nirīkṣe -
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nirīkṣā (noun, feminine)[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- ita -
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ita (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ita (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√i -> ita (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √i class 2 verb]√i -> ita (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √i class 2 verb]√i (verb class 2)[imperative active second plural]
- svarūpam -
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svarūpa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]svarūpa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]svarūpā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- iti -
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iti (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]iti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- dhāraṇā -
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dhāraṇā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]