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 7.21

अद्यात्काकः पुरोडाशं श्वा च लिह्याद्द् हविस्तथा ।
स्वाम्यं च न स्यात्कस्मिंश्चित्प्रवर्तेताधरोत्तरम् ॥ २१ ॥

adyātkākaḥ puroḍāśaṃ śvā ca lihyādd havistathā |
svāmyaṃ ca na syātkasmiṃścitpravartetādharottaram || 21 ||

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

Adya, Kaka, Purodash, Purodasha, Shvan, Havis, Tatha, Svamya, Syat, Sya, Kah, Kim, Cit, Pravarta, Pravarti, Ita, Adharottara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 7.21). 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: “adyātkākaḥ puroḍāśaṃ śvā ca lihyādd havistathā
  • adyāt -
  • adya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    adya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    ad (verb class 2)
    [optative active third single]
  • kākaḥ -
  • kāka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • puroḍāśam -
  • puroḍāśa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    puroḍāś (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • śvā -
  • śvan (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Cannot analyse lihyādd*ha
  • havis -
  • havis (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • tathā -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “svāmyaṃ ca na syātkasmiṃścitpravartetādharottaram
  • svāmyam -
  • svāmya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • syāt -
  • syāt (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    syāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [optative active third single]
  • kasmiṃś -
  • ka (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • cit -
  • cit (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    cit (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    cit (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • pravarte -
  • pravarta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    pravarti (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    pravarti (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • itā -
  • ita (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ita (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    itā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    i -> ita (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
    i -> ita (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
    i -> itā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √i class 2 verb]
    i (verb class 2)
    [imperative active second plural]
  • adharottaram -
  • adharottara (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    adharottara (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    adharottarā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
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