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 5.33

नाद्यादविधिना मांसं विधिज्ञोऽनापदि द्विजः ।
जग्ध्वा ह्यविधिना मांसं प्रेतस्तैरद्यतेऽवशः ॥ ३३ ॥

nādyādavidhinā māṃsaṃ vidhijño'nāpadi dvijaḥ |
jagdhvā hyavidhinā māṃsaṃ pretastairadyate'vaśaḥ || 33 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 5.33 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 (5.33). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nadya, Avidhina, Avidhi, Mamsa, Vidhijna, Anapad, Dvija, Jagdhva, Pretri, Preta, Taira, Tad, Yushmad, Avasha, Avashas,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 5.33). 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: “nādyādavidhinā māṃsaṃ vidhijño'nāpadi dvijaḥ
  • nādyād -
  • nādya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    nādya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    nad -> nādya (participle, masculine)
    [adverb from √nad]
    nad -> nādya (participle, neuter)
    [adverb from √nad]
    nad -> nādya (participle, masculine)
    [ablative single from √nad class 1 verb], [ablative single from √nad]
    nad -> nādya (participle, neuter)
    [ablative single from √nad class 1 verb], [ablative single from √nad]
  • avidhinā -
  • avidhinā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    avidhi (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • māṃsam -
  • māṃsa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    māṃsa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • vidhijño' -
  • vidhijña (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • anāpadi -
  • anāpad (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • dvijaḥ -
  • dvija (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “jagdhvā hyavidhinā māṃsaṃ pretastairadyate'vaśaḥ
  • jagdhvā -
  • jagdhvā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    jakṣ -> jagdhvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √jakṣ]
  • hya -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • avidhinā -
  • avidhinā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    avidhi (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • māṃsam -
  • māṃsa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    māṃsa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • pretas -
  • pretṛ (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    preta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    pre (verb class 2)
    [present active third dual]
  • taira -
  • taira (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dya -
  • (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single]
  • te' -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • avaśaḥ -
  • avaśas (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    avaśa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    vaś (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active second single]
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