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 5.64

अह्ना चैकेन रात्र्या च त्रिरात्रैरेव च त्रिभिः ।
शवस्पृशो विशुध्यन्ति त्र्यहादुदकदायिनः ॥ ६४ ॥

ahnā caikena rātryā ca trirātraireva ca tribhiḥ |
śavaspṛśo viśudhyanti tryahādudakadāyinaḥ || 64 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 5.64 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 (5.64). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ahan, Aika, Ratri, Triratra, Eva, Tri, Shavasprish, Shudhyat, Shudhyanti, Tryaha, Udakadayin,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 5.64). 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: “ahnā caikena rātryā ca trirātraireva ca tribhiḥ
  • ahnā -
  • ahan (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • cai -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aikena -
  • aika (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    aika (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • rātryā -
  • rātrī (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • trirātrair -
  • trirātra (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    trirātra (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tribhiḥ -
  • tri (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • Line 2: “śavaspṛśo viśudhyanti tryahādudakadāyinaḥ
  • śavaspṛśo* -
  • śavaspṛś (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    śavaspṛś (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • vi -
  • vi (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    vi (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    vi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    vi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ve (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    vi (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • śudhyanti -
  • śudh -> śudhyat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √śudh class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √śudh class 4 verb], [accusative plural from √śudh class 4 verb]
    śudh -> śudhyantī (participle, feminine)
    [vocative single from √śudh class 4 verb]
    śudh (verb class 4)
    [present active third plural]
  • tryahād -
  • tryaha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    tryaha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • udakadāyinaḥ -
  • udakadāyin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    udakadāyin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
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