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 4.184

आकाशेशास्तु विज्ञेया बालवृद्धकृशातुराः ।
भ्राता ज्येष्ठः समः पित्रा भार्या पुत्रः स्वका तनुः ॥ १८४ ॥

ākāśeśāstu vijñeyā bālavṛddhakṛśāturāḥ |
bhrātā jyeṣṭhaḥ samaḥ pitrā bhāryā putraḥ svakā tanuḥ || 184 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 4.184 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 (4.184). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Akashesha, Vijneya, Bala, Vriddha, Krisha, Ura, Uras, Bhratri, Jyeshtha, Sama, Pitri, Bharya, Putra, Svaka, Tanu, Tanus,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 4.184). 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: “ākāśeśāstu vijñeyā bālavṛddhakṛśāturāḥ
  • ākāśeśās -
  • ākāśeśa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    ākāśeśā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • vijñeyā* -
  • vijñeya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    vijñeyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • bāla -
  • bāla (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bāla (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vṛddha -
  • vṛddha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vṛddha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vṛdh -> vṛddha (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √vṛdh class 1 verb]
    vṛdh -> vṛddha (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √vṛdh class 1 verb]
  • kṛśāt -
  • kṛśa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    kṛśa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • urāḥ -
  • urā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    uras (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “bhrātā jyeṣṭhaḥ samaḥ pitrā bhāryā putraḥ svakā tanuḥ
  • bhrātā -
  • bhrātṛ (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
  • jyeṣṭhaḥ -
  • jyeṣṭha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • samaḥ -
  • sama (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • pitrā -
  • pitṛ (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • bhāryā -
  • bhāryā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    bhṛ -> bhāryā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √bhṛ]
  • putraḥ -
  • putra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • svakā -
  • svakā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • tanuḥ -
  • tanus (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    tanus (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    tanu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
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