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 5.18

श्वाविधं शल्यकं गोधां खड्गकूर्मशशांस्तथा ।
भक्ष्यान्पञ्चनखेष्वाहुरनुष्ट्रांश्चैकतोदतः ॥ १८ ॥

śvāvidhaṃ śalyakaṃ godhāṃ khaḍgakūrmaśaśāṃstathā |
bhakṣyānpañcanakheṣvāhuranuṣṭrāṃścaikatodataḥ || 18 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 5.18 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 (5.18). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shvavidh, Shvavidha, Shalyaka, Godha, Khadga, Kurma, Shasha, Tatha, Bhakshya, Pancanakha, Anushtra, Ekatodat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 5.18). 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: “śvāvidhaṃ śalyakaṃ godhāṃ khaḍgakūrmaśaśāṃstathā
  • śvāvidham -
  • śvāvidha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śvāvidh (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • śalyakam -
  • śalyaka (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • godhām -
  • godhā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • khaḍga -
  • khaḍga (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    khaḍga (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kūrma -
  • kūrma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śaśāṃs -
  • śaśa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • tathā -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “bhakṣyānpañcanakheṣvāhuranuṣṭrāṃścaikatodataḥ
  • bhakṣyān -
  • bhakṣya (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
    bhakṣ -> bhakṣya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative plural from √bhakṣ]
  • pañcanakheṣvā -
  • pañcanakha (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    pañcanakha (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • āhur -
  • ah (verb class 5)
    [perfect active third plural]
  • anuṣṭrāṃś -
  • anuṣṭra (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • cai -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ekatodataḥ -
  • ekatodat (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    ekatodat (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
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