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 9.118

स्वेभ्योंशेभ्यस्तु कन्याभ्यः प्रदद्युर्भ्रातरः पृथक् ।
स्वात्स्वादंशाच्चतुर्भागं पतिताः स्युरदित्सवः ॥ ११८ ॥

svebhyoṃśebhyastu kanyābhyaḥ pradadyurbhrātaraḥ pṛthak |
svātsvādaṃśāccaturbhāgaṃ patitāḥ syuraditsavaḥ || 118 ||

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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 (9.118). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sva, Svan, Ibhi, Ibhya, Sha, Kanya, Prada, Dyu, Bhratri, Prithak, Svada, Shas, Caturbhaga, Patita, Aditsu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 9.118). 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: “svebhyoṃśebhyastu kanyābhyaḥ pradadyurbhrātaraḥ pṛthak
  • sve -
  • sva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    svan (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    svan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative single], [locative single]
    svā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ibhyo -
  • ibhya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ibhya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ibhī (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    ibhyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • uṃ -
  • u (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • śebhyas -
  • śa (noun, masculine)
    [dative plural], [ablative plural]
    śa (noun, neuter)
    [dative plural], [ablative plural]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • kanyābhyaḥ -
  • kanyā (noun, feminine)
    [dative plural], [ablative plural]
  • prada -
  • prada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dyur -
  • dyu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bhrātaraḥ -
  • bhrātṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • pṛthak -
  • pṛthak (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • Line 2: “svātsvādaṃśāccaturbhāgaṃ patitāḥ syuraditsavaḥ
  • svāt -
  • sva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    sva (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single]
  • svādaṃ -
  • svāda (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • śāc -
  • śa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    śa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    śās (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • caturbhāgam -
  • caturbhāga (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    caturbhāga (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    caturbhāgā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • patitāḥ -
  • patita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    patitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    pat -> patita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √pat class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √pat class 1 verb]
    pat -> patitā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √pat class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √pat class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √pat class 1 verb]
  • syur -
  • as (verb class 2)
    [optative active third plural]
  • aditsavaḥ -
  • aditsu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    aditsu (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
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