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 8.23

धर्मासनमधिष्ठाय संवीताङ्गः समाहितः ।
प्रणम्य लोकपालेभ्यः कार्यदर्शनमारभेत् ॥ २३ ॥

dharmāsanamadhiṣṭhāya saṃvītāṅgaḥ samāhitaḥ |
praṇamya lokapālebhyaḥ kāryadarśanamārabhet || 23 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.23 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 (8.23). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dharmasana, Adhi, Tha, Samvitanga, Samahita, Prana, Lokapala,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.23). 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: “dharmāsanamadhiṣṭhāya saṃvītāṅgaḥ samāhitaḥ
  • dharmāsanam -
  • dharmāsana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • adhiṣ -
  • adhi (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    adhi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ṭhāya -
  • ṭha (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
  • saṃvītāṅgaḥ -
  • saṃvītāṅga (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • samāhitaḥ -
  • samāhita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “praṇamya lokapālebhyaḥ kāryadarśanamārabhet
  • praṇam -
  • praṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    praṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    praṇā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ya -
  • lokapālebhyaḥ -
  • lokapāla (noun, masculine)
    [dative plural], [ablative plural]
  • Cannot analyse kāryadarśanamārabhet
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