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 8.272

धर्मोपदेशं दर्पेण विप्राणामस्य कुर्वतः ।
तप्तमासेचयेत्तैलं वक्त्रे श्रोत्रे च पार्थिवः ॥ २७२ ॥

dharmopadeśaṃ darpeṇa viprāṇāmasya kurvataḥ |
taptamāsecayettailaṃ vaktre śrotre ca pārthivaḥ || 272 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.272 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 (8.272). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dharmopadesha, Darpa, Vipra, Idam, Kurvat, Taptam, Tapta, Asa, Taila, Vaktri, Vaktra, Shrotri, Shrotra, Parthiva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.272). 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: “dharmopadeśaṃ darpeṇa viprāṇāmasya kurvataḥ
  • dharmopadeśam -
  • dharmopadeśa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • darpeṇa -
  • darpa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • viprāṇām -
  • vipra (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    vipra (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    viprā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • asya -
  • as -> asya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √as]
    a (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    idam (pronoun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    idam (pronoun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    as (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single]
  • kurvataḥ -
  • kurvat (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    kurvat (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    kṛ -> kurvat (participle, masculine)
    [accusative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [ablative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [genitive single from √kṛ class 8 verb]
    kṛ -> kurvat (participle, neuter)
    [ablative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [genitive single from √kṛ class 8 verb]
  • Line 2: “taptamāsecayettailaṃ vaktre śrotre ca pārthivaḥ
  • taptam -
  • taptam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tapta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    tapta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    taptā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    tap -> tapta (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √tap class 1 verb], [accusative single from √tap class 4 verb]
    tap -> tapta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √tap class 1 verb], [accusative single from √tap class 1 verb], [nominative single from √tap class 4 verb], [accusative single from √tap class 4 verb]
  • āse -
  • āsa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    āsa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    ās (verb class 2)
    [present middle first single], [perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]
  • cayet -
  • cay (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
    ci (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • tailam -
  • taila (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    taila (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • vaktre -
  • vaktṛ (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    vaktra (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    vaktra (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    vaktrā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • śrotre -
  • śrotṛ (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    śrotra (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pārthivaḥ -
  • pārthiva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
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