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 8.374

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शूद्रो गुप्तमगुप्तं वा द्वैजातं वर्णमावसन् ।
अगुप्तमङ्गसर्वस्वैर्गुप्तं सर्वेण हीयते ॥ ३७४ ॥

śūdro guptamaguptaṃ vā dvaijātaṃ varṇamāvasan |
aguptamaṅgasarvasvairguptaṃ sarveṇa hīyate || 374 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.374 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 (8.374). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shudra, Guptam, Gupta, Agupta, Var, Dvaijata, Varna, Sat, Anga, Sarvasva, Sarva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.374). 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: “śūdro guptamaguptaṃ vā dvaijātaṃ varṇamāvasan ”
śūdro* -
śūdra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
guptam -
guptam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

gupta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

gupta (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

guptā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√gup -> gupta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √gup class 4 verb]

√gup -> gupta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √gup class 4 verb], [accusative single from √gup class 4 verb]
aguptam -
agupta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

agupta (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

aguptā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
vā* -
vār (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

vār (noun, neuter)

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

va (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
dvaijātam -
dvaijāta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

dvaijāta (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

dvaijātā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
varṇam -
varṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

varṇa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

varṇā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

varṇan (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

varṇan (noun, neuter)

[adverb]
āva -
√av (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]

√u (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√u (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√u (verb class 5)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
san -
sat (noun, masculine)

[nominative single], [vocative single]
Line 2: “aguptamaṅgasarvasvairguptaṃ sarveṇa hīyate ”
aguptam -
agupta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

agupta (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

aguptā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
aṅga -
aṅga (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

aṅga (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√aṅg (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
sarvasvair -
sarvasva (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
guptam -
guptam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

gupta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

gupta (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

guptā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√gup -> gupta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √gup class 4 verb]

√gup -> gupta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √gup class 4 verb], [accusative single from √gup class 4 verb]
sarveṇa -
sarva (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

sarva (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
hīyate -
√hā (verb class 1)

[present passive third single]

√hā (verb class 3)

[present passive third single]

√hi (verb class 5)

[present passive third single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023