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 8.25

बाह्यैर्विभावयेत्लिङ्गैर्भावमन्तर्गतं नृणाम् ।
स्वरवर्णैङ्गिताकारैश्चक्षुषा चेष्टितेन च ॥ २५ ॥

bāhyairvibhāvayetliṅgairbhāvamantargataṃ nṛṇām |
svaravarṇaiṅgitākāraiścakṣuṣā ceṣṭitena ca || 25 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.25 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 (8.25). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bahya, Vibha, Linga, Bhava, Antargata, Nri, Svara, Varna, Varnan, Ingita, Akara, Cakshusha, Cakshus, Ceshtita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.25). 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: “bāhyairvibhāvayetliṅgairbhāvamantargataṃ nṛṇām
  • bāhyair -
  • bāhya (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    bāhya (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • vibhā -
  • vibhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    vibhā (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • āvayet -
  • av (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • liṅgair -
  • liṅga (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • bhāvam -
  • bhāva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    bhū -> bhāvam (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √bhū]
  • antargatam -
  • antargata (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    antargata (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    antargatā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • nṛṇām -
  • nṛ (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
  • Line 2: “svaravarṇaiṅgitākāraiścakṣuṣā ceṣṭitena ca
  • svara -
  • svara (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    svara (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    svṛ (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
    svar (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • varṇa -
  • varṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    varṇa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    varṇan (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    varṇan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • iṅgitā -
  • iṅgita (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    iṅg -> iṅgita (participle, masculine)
    [compound from √iṅg]
    iṅg -> iṅgita (participle, neuter)
    [compound from √iṅg]
    iṅg -> iṅgita (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √iṅg class 1 verb], [vocative single from √iṅg]
    iṅg -> iṅgita (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √iṅg class 1 verb], [vocative single from √iṅg]
    iṅg -> iṅgitā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √iṅg class 1 verb], [nominative single from √iṅg]
  • akāraiś -
  • akāra (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • cakṣuṣā -
  • cakṣuṣā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    cakṣus (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    cakṣus (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • ceṣṭitena -
  • ceṣṭita (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    ceṣṭita (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    ceṣṭ -> ceṣṭita (participle, masculine)
    [instrumental single from √ceṣṭ]
    ceṣṭ -> ceṣṭita (participle, neuter)
    [instrumental single from √ceṣṭ]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
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