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 4.116

नाधीयीत श्मशानान्ते ग्रामान्ते गोव्रजेऽपि वा ।
वसित्वा मैथुनं वासः श्राद्धिकं प्रतिगृह्य च ॥ ११६ ॥

nādhīyīta śmaśānānte grāmānte govraje'pi vā |
vasitvā maithunaṃ vāsaḥ śrāddhikaṃ pratigṛhya ca || 116 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 4.116 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 (4.116). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nri, Adhi, Ita, Shmashana, Anta, Anti, Gramanta, Govraja, Api, Maithuna, Vasas, Vasa, Shraddhika, Pratigrihya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 4.116). 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: “nādhīyīta śmaśānānte grāmānte govraje'pi
  • -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    nṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • adhī -
  • adhi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    adhi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    adhī (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    adhī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    adhī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    dhā (verb class 1)
    [aorist middle first single]
    dhā (verb class 2)
    [aorist middle first single]
    dhā (verb class 3)
    [aorist middle first single]
    dhā (verb class 4)
    [aorist middle first single]
  • iyī -
  • ī (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    ī (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • ita -
  • 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]
  • śmaśānā -
  • śmaśāna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ante -
  • anta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    anta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    antā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    anti (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    ant (verb class 1)
    [present middle first single]
  • grāmānte -
  • grāmānta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • govraje' -
  • govraja (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    api (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • -
  • (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • Line 2: “vasitvā maithunaṃ vāsaḥ śrāddhikaṃ pratigṛhya ca
  • vasitvā -
  • vas -> vasitvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √vas]
    vas -> vasitvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √vas]
    vas -> vasitvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √vas]
  • maithunam -
  • maithuna (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    maithuna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • vāsaḥ -
  • vāsas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    vāsa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • śrāddhikam -
  • śrāddhika (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śrāddhika (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    śrāddhikā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • pratigṛhya -
  • pratigṛhya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pratigṛhya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
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