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 4.54

अधस्तान्नोपदध्याच्च न चैनमभिलङ्घयेत् ।
न चैनं पादतः कुर्यान्न प्राणाबाधमाचरेत् ॥ ५४ ॥

adhastānnopadadhyācca na cainamabhilaṅghayet |
na cainaṃ pādataḥ kuryānna prāṇābādhamācaret || 54 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 4.54 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 (4.54). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Adhastat, Aina, Abhi, Padatah, Pranabadha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 4.54). 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: “adhastānnopadadhyācca na cainamabhilaṅghayet
  • adhastānn -
  • adhastāt (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • opa -
  • opa (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • dadhyāc -
  • dhā (verb class 3)
    [optative active third single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • cai -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ainam -
  • aina (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • abhi -
  • abhi (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    abhi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    abhi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    abhi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    abhī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    abhī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    abhī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    abhi (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • laṅghayet -
  • laṅgh (verb class 10)
    [optative active third single]
    laṅgh (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 2: “na cainaṃ pādataḥ kuryānna prāṇābādhamācaret
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • cai -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ainam -
  • aina (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • pādataḥ -
  • pādataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • kuryān -
  • kṛ (verb class 8)
    [optative active third single]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • prāṇābādham -
  • prāṇābādha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • ā -
  • ā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    ā (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • caret -
  • car (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
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