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 7.141

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अमात्यमुख्यं धर्मज्ञं प्राज्ञं दान्तं कुलोद्गतम् ।
स्थापयेदासने तस्मिन् खिन्नः कार्यैक्षणे नृणाम् ॥ १४१ ॥

amātyamukhyaṃ dharmajñaṃ prājñaṃ dāntaṃ kulodgatam |
sthāpayedāsane tasmin khinnaḥ kāryaikṣaṇe nṛṇām || 141 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 7.141 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 (7.141). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Amatya, Ukhya, Dharmajna, Prajna, Danta, Kulodgata, Asana, Tad, Khinna, Kari, Kshana, Nri,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 7.141). 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: “amātyamukhyaṃ dharmajñaṃ prājñaṃ dāntaṃ kulodgatam ”
amātyam -
amātya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
ukhyam -
ukhya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ukhya (noun, neuter)

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

ukhyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
dharmajñam -
dharmajña (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

dharmajña (noun, neuter)

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

dharmajñā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
prājñam -
prājña (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

prājña (noun, neuter)

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

prājñā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
dāntam -
dānta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

dānta (noun, neuter)

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

dāntā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
kulodgatam -
kulodgata (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kulodgata (noun, neuter)

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

kulodgatā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “sthāpayedāsane tasmin khinnaḥ kāryaikṣaṇe nṛṇām ”
sthāpayed -
√sthā (verb class 0)

[optative active third single]
āsane -
āsana (noun, neuter)

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

āsanā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
tasmin -
tad (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
khinnaḥ -
khinna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√khid -> khinna (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √khid class 4 verb], [nominative single from √khid class 6 verb], [nominative single from √khid class 7 verb]
kāryai -
kāri (noun, feminine)

[dative single]

kārī (noun, feminine)

[dative single]

√kṛ (verb class 0)

[imperative passive first single]
kṣaṇe -
kṣaṇa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

kṣaṇa (noun, neuter)

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

kṣaṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
nṛṇām -
nṛ (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023