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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 9.16
एवं स्वभावं ज्ञात्वाऽसां प्रजापतिनिसर्गजम् ।
परमं यत्नमातिष्ठेत्पुरुषो रक्षणं प्रति ॥ १६ ॥
evaṃ svabhāvaṃ jñātvā'sāṃ prajāpatinisargajam |
paramaṃ yatnamātiṣṭhetpuruṣo rakṣaṇaṃ prati || 16 ||
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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 (9.16). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Evam, Eva, Svabhava, Prajapati, Nisargaja, Paramam, Parama, Yatna, Purusha, Rakshana, Prati,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 9.16). 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: “evaṃ svabhāvaṃ jñātvā'sāṃ prajāpatinisargajam ”
- evam -
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evam (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]evam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]eva (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]eva (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]evā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- svabhāvam -
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svabhāva (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- jñātvā' -
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- asām -
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√sā (verb class 4)[aorist active first single]
- prajāpati -
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prajāpati (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]prajāpatī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]
- nisargajam -
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nisargaja (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]nisargaja (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]nisargajā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Line 2: “paramaṃ yatnamātiṣṭhetpuruṣo rakṣaṇaṃ prati ”
- paramam -
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paramam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]parama (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]parama (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]paramā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- yatnam -
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yatna (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- ā -
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ā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]ṛ (noun, feminine)[nominative single]ṛ (noun, masculine)[nominative single]ā (Preverb)[Preverb]
- tiṣṭhet -
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√sthā (verb class 1)[optative active third single]
- puruṣo* -
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puruṣa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- rakṣaṇam -
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rakṣaṇa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]rakṣaṇa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]rakṣaṇā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- prati -
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prati (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]prati (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]pratī (noun, masculine)[adverb], [vocative single]pratī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]pratī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]prati (Preverb)[Preverb]