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 5.12

कलविङ्कं प्लवं हंसं चक्राह्वं ग्रामकुक्कुटम् ।
सारसं रज्जुवालं च दात्यूहं शुकसारिके ॥ १२ ॥

kalaviṅkaṃ plavaṃ haṃsaṃ cakrāhvaṃ grāmakukkuṭam |
sārasaṃ rajjuvālaṃ ca dātyūhaṃ śukasārike || 12 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 5.12 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 (5.12). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kalavinka, Plava, Hamsa, Cakrahva, Gramakukkuta, Sarasa, Vala, Datyuha, Shukasarika,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 5.12). 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: “kalaviṅkaṃ plavaṃ haṃsaṃ cakrāhvaṃ grāmakukkuṭam
  • kalaviṅkam -
  • kalaviṅka (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • plavam -
  • plava (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    plava (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    plavā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • haṃsam -
  • haṃsa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    haṃsā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • cakrāhvam -
  • cakrāhva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    cakrāhvā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • grāmakukkuṭam -
  • grāmakukkuṭa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “sārasaṃ rajjuvālaṃ ca dātyūhaṃ śukasārike
  • sārasam -
  • sārasa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sārasa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sārasā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • rajju -
  • rajju (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • vālam -
  • vāla (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vāla (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    vālā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dātyūham -
  • dātyūha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • śukasārike -
  • śukasārika (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    śukasārika (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    śukasārikā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
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