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 7.78

पुरोहितं च कुर्वीत वृणुयादेव चर्त्विजः ।
तेऽस्य गृह्याणि कर्माणि कुर्युर्वैतानिकानि च ॥ ७८ ॥

purohitaṃ ca kurvīta vṛṇuyādeva cartvijaḥ |
te'sya gṛhyāṇi karmāṇi kuryurvaitānikāni ca || 78 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 7.78 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 (7.78). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Purohita, Eva, Ritvij, Tad, Yushmad, Idam, Grihya, Karman, Vaitanika,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 7.78). 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: “purohitaṃ ca kurvīta vṛṇuyādeva cartvijaḥ
  • purohitam -
  • purohita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    purohita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    purohitā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kurvīta -
  • kṛ (verb class 8)
    [optative middle third single]
  • vṛṇuyād -
  • vṛ (verb class 5)
    [optative active third single]
    vṛ (verb class 5)
    [optative active third single]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • car -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ṛtvijaḥ -
  • ṛtvij (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    ṛtvij (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 2: “te'sya gṛhyāṇi karmāṇi kuryurvaitānikāni ca
  • te' -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • asya -
  • as -> asya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √as]
    a (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    idam (pronoun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    idam (pronoun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    as (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single]
  • gṛhyāṇi -
  • gṛhya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    grah -> gṛhya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √grah class 9 verb], [vocative plural from √grah class 9 verb], [accusative plural from √grah class 9 verb]
  • karmāṇi -
  • karman (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • kuryur -
  • kṛ (verb class 8)
    [optative active third plural]
  • vaitānikāni -
  • vaitānika (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
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