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 8.100

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अप्सु भूमिवदित्याहुः स्त्रीणां भोगे च मैथुने ।
अब्जेषु चैव रत्नेषु सर्वेष्वश्ममयेषु च ॥ १०० ॥

apsu bhūmivadityāhuḥ strīṇāṃ bhoge ca maithune |
abjeṣu caiva ratneṣu sarveṣvaśmamayeṣu ca || 100 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.100 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 (8.100). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Apsu, Bhumi, Aditi, Stri, Bhoga, Maithuna, Abja, Ratna, Sarva, Ashmamaya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.100). 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: “apsu bhūmivadityāhuḥ strīṇāṃ bhoge ca maithune ”
apsu -
apsu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

apsu (noun, neuter)

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

apsu (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

ap (noun, feminine)

[locative plural]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
bhūmi -
bhūmi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

bhūmi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

bhūmī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

bhūmī (noun, feminine)

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

bhūmī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
va -
u (noun, masculine)

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

ū (noun, masculine)

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

ū (noun, neuter)

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

ū (noun, feminine)

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

o (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

au (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

au (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

va (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

va (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
adityā -
aditi (noun, feminine)

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

aditi (noun, masculine)

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

aditi (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
āhuḥ -
√ah (verb class 5)

[perfect active third plural]
strīṇām -
strī (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
bhoge -
bhoga (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

bhoga (noun, neuter)

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

bhogā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
maithune -
maithuna (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

maithuna (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
Line 2: “abjeṣu caiva ratneṣu sarveṣvaśmamayeṣu ca ”
abjeṣu -
abja (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

abja (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
ratneṣu -
ratna (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

ratna (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
sarveṣva -
sarva (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

sarva (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
aśmamayeṣu -
aśmamaya (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

aśmamaya (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023