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 5.142

वान्तो विरिक्तः स्नात्वा तु घृतप्राशनमाचरेत् ।
आचामेदेव भुक्त्वाऽन्नं स्नानं मैथुनिनः स्मृतम् ॥ १४२ ॥

vānto viriktaḥ snātvā tu ghṛtaprāśanamācaret |
ācāmedeva bhuktvā'nnaṃ snānaṃ maithuninaḥ smṛtam || 142 ||

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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 (5.142). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vanta, Vat, Virikta, Snatva, Ghritaprashana, Acama, Deva, Anna, Snana, Maithunin, Smrita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 5.142). 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: “vānto viriktaḥ snātvā tu ghṛtaprāśanamācaret
  • vānto* -
  • vānta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    -> vāt (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √ class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √ class 2 verb]
    -> vāt (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √ class 1 verb]
    vam -> vānta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √vam class 1 verb]
  • viriktaḥ -
  • virikta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • snātvā -
  • snātvā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    snā -> snātvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √snā]
    snā -> snātvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √snā]
    snātvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • ghṛtaprāśanam -
  • ghṛtaprāśana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • ā -
  • ā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    ā (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • caret -
  • car (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 2: “ācāmedeva bhuktvā'nnaṃ snānaṃ maithuninaḥ smṛtam
  • ācāme -
  • ācāma (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • deva -
  • deva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    deva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    devan (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    div (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • bhuktvā' -
  • annam -
  • anna (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    anna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    annā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • snānam -
  • snāna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • maithuninaḥ -
  • maithunin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    maithunin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • smṛtam -
  • smṛta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    smṛta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    smṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    smṛ -> smṛta (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]
    smṛ -> smṛta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √smṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]
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