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 6.87

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ब्रह्मचारी गृहस्थश्च वानप्रस्थो यतिस्तथा ।
एते गृहस्थप्रभवाश्चत्वारः पृथगाश्रमाः ॥ ८७ ॥

brahmacārī gṛhasthaśca vānaprastho yatistathā |
ete gṛhasthaprabhavāścatvāraḥ pṛthagāśramāḥ || 87 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 6.87 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 (6.87). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Brahmacarin, Brahmacari, Grihastha, Vanaprastha, Yati, Tatha, Eta, Etad, Eti, Esha, Prabhava, Catu, Ara, Prithak, Ashrama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 6.87). 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: “brahmacārī gṛhasthaśca vānaprastho yatistathā ”
brahmacārī -
brahmacārī (noun, masculine)

[compound]

brahmacārī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

brahmacārin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
gṛhasthaś -
gṛhastha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vānaprastho* -
vānaprastha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
yatis -
yati (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yati (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
tathā -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “ete gṛhasthaprabhavāścatvāraḥ pṛthagāśramāḥ ”
ete -
eta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

eta (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

etā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

etad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

eti (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

eṣā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

eṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]
gṛhastha -
gṛhastha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

gṛhastha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
prabhavāś -
prabhava (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

prabhavā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
catvā -
catu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

catu (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

catu (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]
āraḥ -
āra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

√ṛ (verb class 1)

[aorist active second single]

√ṛ (verb class 3)

[aorist active second single]

√ṛ (verb class 5)

[aorist active second single]
pṛthag -
pṛthak (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
āśramāḥ -
āśrama (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023