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 5.138

नित्यमास्यं शुचि स्त्रीणां शकुनिः फलपातने ।
प्रस्रवे च शुचिर्वत्सः श्वा मृगग्रहणे शुचिः ॥ १३८ ॥

nityamāsyaṃ śuci strīṇāṃ śakuniḥ phalapātane |
prasrave ca śucirvatsaḥ śvā mṛgagrahaṇe śuciḥ || 138 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 5.138 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 (5.138). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nityam, Nitya, Asya, Shuc, Shuci, Shucin, Stri, Shakuni, Phalapatana, Prasrava, Vatsa, Shvan, Mrigagrahana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 5.138). 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: “nityamāsyaṃ śuci strīṇāṃ śakuniḥ phalapātane
  • nityam -
  • nityam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    nitya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    nitya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    nityā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • āsyam -
  • āsya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    āsya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    āsyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    ās -> āsya (participle, masculine)
    [adverb from √ās]
    ās -> āsya (participle, neuter)
    [adverb from √ās]
    ās -> āsyā (participle, feminine)
    [adverb from √ās]
    as -> āsya (participle, masculine)
    [adverb from √as]
    as -> āsya (participle, neuter)
    [adverb from √as]
    as -> āsyā (participle, feminine)
    [adverb from √as]
    ās -> āsya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √ās]
    ās -> āsya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √ās], [accusative single from √ās]
    as -> āsya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √as]
    as -> āsya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √as], [accusative single from √as]
    as (verb class 4)
    [imperfect active first single]
  • śuci -
  • śuci (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    śuci (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    śuci (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    śucin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    śucin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    śucī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    śucī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    śucī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    śuc (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    śuc (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    śuc (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • strīṇām -
  • strī (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • śakuniḥ -
  • śakuni (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • phalapātane -
  • phalapātana (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • Line 2: “prasrave ca śucirvatsaḥ śvā mṛgagrahaṇe śuciḥ
  • prasrave -
  • prasrava (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    prasrava (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śucir -
  • śuci (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    śuci (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • vatsaḥ -
  • vatsa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • śvā -
  • śvan (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • mṛgagrahaṇe -
  • mṛgagrahaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • śuciḥ -
  • śuci (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    śuci (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
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