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 8.11

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यस्मिन्देशे निषीदन्ति विप्रा वेदविदस्त्रयः ।
राज्ञश्चाधिकृतो विद्वान्ब्रह्मणस्तां सभां विदुः ॥ ११ ॥

yasmindeśe niṣīdanti viprā vedavidastrayaḥ |
rājñaścādhikṛto vidvānbrahmaṇastāṃ sabhāṃ viduḥ || 11 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.11 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 (8.11). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yah, Yat, Desha, Vipra, Vedavid, Traya, Tri, Rajan, Adhikrita, Vidvas, Brahman, Brahmana, Sabha, Vidu, Vidus,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.11). 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: “yasmindeśe niṣīdanti viprā vedavidastrayaḥ ”
yasmin -
ya (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[locative single]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[locative single]
deśe -
deśa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

deśā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
Cannot analyse niṣīdanti*vi
viprā* -
vipra (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

viprā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
vedavidas -
vedavid (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

vedavid (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
trayaḥ -
traya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

tri (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
Line 2: “rājñaścādhikṛto vidvānbrahmaṇastāṃ sabhāṃ viduḥ ”
rājñaś -
rājan (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
cā -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
adhikṛto* -
adhikṛta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vidvān -
vidvas (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√vid -> vidvas (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √vid class 2 verb]
brahmaṇas -
brahman (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

brahmaṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tām -
tā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

sā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
sabhām -
sabhā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
viduḥ -
vidus (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

vidus (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

vidu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

vidu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vid (verb class 2)

[perfect active third plural]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023