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 9.55

< Previous

Next >

एष धर्मो गवाश्वस्य दास्युष्ट्राजाविकस्य च ।
विहङ्गमहिषीणां च विज्ञेयः प्रसवं प्रति ॥ ५५ ॥

eṣa dharmo gavāśvasya dāsyuṣṭrājāvikasya ca |
vihaṅgamahiṣīṇāṃ ca vijñeyaḥ prasavaṃ prati || 55 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 9.55 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 (9.55). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Esha, Dharma, Gavashva, Dasi, Ushtri, Ushtra, Ajavika, Vihanga, Mahishi, Vijneya, Prasava, Prati,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 9.55). 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: “eṣa dharmo gavāśvasya dāsyuṣṭrājāvikasya ca ”
eṣa -
eṣa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

eṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√eṣ (verb class 1)

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

√iṣ (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
dharmo* -
dharma (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
gavāśvasya -
gavāśva (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
dāsyu -
dāsī (noun, feminine)

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

√dā (verb class 2)

[present active second single]
uṣṭrā -
uṣṭṛ (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [instrumental single]

uṣṭra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
ājāvikasya -
ājāvika (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

ājāvika (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Line 2: “vihaṅgamahiṣīṇāṃ ca vijñeyaḥ prasavaṃ prati ”
vihaṅga -
vihaṅga (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vihaṅga (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
mahiṣīṇām -
mahiṣi (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

mahiṣī (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vijñeyaḥ -
vijñeya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
prasavam -
prasava (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
prati -
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]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023