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 9.122

पुत्रः कनिष्ठो ज्येष्ठायां कनिष्ठायां च पूर्वजः ।
कथं तत्र विभागः स्यादिति चेत्संशयो भवेत् ॥ १२२ ॥

putraḥ kaniṣṭho jyeṣṭhāyāṃ kaniṣṭhāyāṃ ca pūrvajaḥ |
kathaṃ tatra vibhāgaḥ syāditi cetsaṃśayo bhavet || 122 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 9.122 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 (9.122). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Putra, Kanishtha, Jyeshtha, Purvaja, Katham, Katha, Tatra, Vibhaga, Syat, Sya, Iti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 9.122). 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: “putraḥ kaniṣṭho jyeṣṭhāyāṃ kaniṣṭhāyāṃ ca pūrvajaḥ
  • putraḥ -
  • putra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • kaniṣṭho* -
  • kaniṣṭha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • jyeṣṭhāyām -
  • jyeṣṭhā (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • kaniṣṭhāyām -
  • kaniṣṭhā (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pūrvajaḥ -
  • pūrvaja (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “kathaṃ tatra vibhāgaḥ syāditi cetsaṃśayo bhavet
  • katham -
  • katham (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    katham (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kathā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    katha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    katha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • tatra -
  • tatra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tatra (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • vibhāgaḥ -
  • vibhāga (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • syād -
  • syāt (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    syāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [optative active third single]
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • Cannot analyse cetsaṃśayo*bh
  • bhavet -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
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