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 8.226

पाणिग्रहणिका मन्त्राः कन्यास्वेव प्रतिष्ठिताः ।
नाकन्यासु क्व चिन्नॄणां लुप्तधर्मक्रिया हि ताः ॥ २२६ ॥

pāṇigrahaṇikā mantrāḥ kanyāsveva pratiṣṭhitāḥ |
nākanyāsu kva cinnṝṇāṃ luptadharmakriyā hi tāḥ || 226 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.226 is contained in the book Manusmrti (Sanskrit and English) by Ganganath Jha. This book is available online or you could buy the latest edition:

Read online Buy now! The Sanskrit text by Ganganath Jha (1999)

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (8.226). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Panigrahanika, Mantra, Kanya, Eva, Pratishthita, Naka, Iyam, Idam, Kva, Cit, Nri, Luptadharmakriya, Tas,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.226). 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: “pāṇigrahaṇikā mantrāḥ kanyāsveva pratiṣṭhitāḥ
  • pāṇigrahaṇikā* -
  • pāṇigrahaṇika (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    pāṇigrahaṇikā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • mantrāḥ -
  • mantra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    mantrā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • kanyāsve -
  • kanyā (noun, feminine)
    [locative plural]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pratiṣṭhitāḥ -
  • pratiṣṭhita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    pratiṣṭhitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “nākanyāsu kva cinnṝṇāṃ luptadharmakriyā hi tāḥ
  • nāka -
  • nāka (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nāka (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • nyā -
  • ni (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ni (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ni (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • āsu -
  • ā (noun, feminine)
    [locative plural]
    iyam (noun, feminine)
    [locative plural]
    idam (pronoun, feminine)
    [locative plural]
  • kva -
  • kva (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • cin -
  • cit (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    cit (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    cit (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • nṝṇām -
  • nṛ (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
  • luptadharmakriyā* -
  • luptadharmakriya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    luptadharmakriyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • tāḥ -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    tas (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
Like what you read? Consider supporting this website: