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 5.19

छत्राकं विड्वराहं च लशुनं ग्रामकुक्कुटम् ।
पलाण्डुं गृञ्जनं चैव मत्या जग्ध्वा पतेद्द्विजः ॥ १९ ॥

chatrākaṃ viḍvarāhaṃ ca laśunaṃ grāmakukkuṭam |
palāṇḍuṃ gṛñjanaṃ caiva matyā jagdhvā pateddvijaḥ || 19 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 5.19 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 (5.19). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Chatraka, Vidvaraha, Lashuna, Gramakukkuta, Palandu, Grinjana, Mati, Jagdhva, Dvija,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 5.19). 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: “chatrākaṃ viḍvarāhaṃ ca laśunaṃ grāmakukkuṭam
  • chatrākam -
  • chatrāka (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    chatrāka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • viḍvarāham -
  • viḍvarāha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • laśunam -
  • laśuna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • grāmakukkuṭam -
  • grāmakukkuṭa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “palāṇḍuṃ gṛñjanaṃ caiva matyā jagdhvā pateddvijaḥ
  • palāṇḍum -
  • palāṇḍu (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • gṛñjanam -
  • gṛñjana (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    gṛñjana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • cai -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • matyā* -
  • mati (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    matī (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • jagdhvā -
  • jagdhvā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    jakṣ -> jagdhvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √jakṣ]
  • pated -
  • pat (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • dvijaḥ -
  • dvija (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
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