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 7.70

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धन्वदुर्गं महीदुर्गमब्दुर्गं वार्क्षमेव वा ।
नृदुर्गं गिरिदुर्गं वा समाश्रित्य वसेत्पुरम् ॥ ७० ॥

dhanvadurgaṃ mahīdurgamabdurgaṃ vārkṣameva vā |
nṛdurgaṃ giridurgaṃ vā samāśritya vasetpuram || 70 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 7.70 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 (7.70). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dhanvadurga, Mahidurga, Abdurga, Varksha, Eva, Nridurga, Giridurga, Samashritya, Pur, Pura,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 7.70). 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: “dhanvadurgaṃ mahīdurgamabdurgaṃ vārkṣameva vā ”
dhanvadurgam -
dhanvadurga (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

dhanvadurga (noun, neuter)

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

dhanvadurgā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
mahīdurgam -
mahīdurga (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

mahīdurga (noun, neuter)

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

mahīdurgā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
abdurgam -
abdurga (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
vārkṣam -
vārkṣa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vārkṣa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vā -
vā (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vā (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
Line 2: “nṛdurgaṃ giridurgaṃ vā samāśritya vasetpuram ”
nṛdurgam -
nṛdurga (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

nṛdurga (noun, neuter)

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

nṛdurgā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
giridurgam -
giridurga (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
vā -
vā (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vā (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
samāśritya -
samāśritya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

samāśritya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vaset -
√vas (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]
puram -
pura (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

pura (noun, neuter)

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

purā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

pur (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023