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 7.16

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तं देशकालौ शक्तिं च विद्यां चावेक्ष्य तत्त्वतः ।
यथार्हतः सम्प्रणयेन्नरेष्वन्यायवर्तिषु ॥ १६ ॥

taṃ deśakālau śaktiṃ ca vidyāṃ cāvekṣya tattvataḥ |
yathārhataḥ sampraṇayennareṣvanyāyavartiṣu || 16 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 7.16 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 (7.16). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Deshakala, Shakti, Vidya, Ekshya, Tattvatah, Tattvata, Yatharhatah, Prana, Pranaya, Ara, Anyayavartin,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 7.16). 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: “taṃ deśakālau śaktiṃ ca vidyāṃ cāvekṣya tattvataḥ ”
tam -
ta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

tā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

tan (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
deśakālau -
deśakāla (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
śaktim -
śakti (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

śakti (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vidyām -
vidyā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

√vid (verb class 2)

[optative active first single]
cāve -
ca (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
ekṣya -
ekṣya (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
tattvataḥ -
tattvataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tattvata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “yathārhataḥ sampraṇayennareṣvanyāyavartiṣu ”
yathārhataḥ -
yathārhataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
sam -
sa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
praṇaye -
praṇaya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

praṇā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
īnn -
i (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
areṣva -
ara (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

ara (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
anyāyavartiṣu -
anyāyavartin (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

anyāyavartin (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023