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 9.140

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मातुः प्रथमतः पिण्डं निर्वपेत्पुत्रिकासुतः ।
द्वितीयं तु पितुस्तस्यास्तृतीयं तत्पितुः पितुः ॥ १४० ॥

mātuḥ prathamataḥ piṇḍaṃ nirvapetputrikāsutaḥ |
dvitīyaṃ tu pitustasyāstṛtīyaṃ tatpituḥ pituḥ || 140 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 9.140 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 (9.140). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Matri, Matu, Prathamatah, Pinda, Nih, Putrikasuta, Dvitiyam, Dvitiya, Pitri, Pitu, Tritiyam, Tritiya, Tat, Tad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 9.140). 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: “mātuḥ prathamataḥ piṇḍaṃ nirvapetputrikāsutaḥ ”
mātuḥ -
mātṛ (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

mātu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

mātṛ (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
prathamataḥ -
prathamataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
piṇḍam -
piṇḍa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

piṇḍā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
nir -
niḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

niḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ni (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

ni (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

nis (Preverb)

[Preverb]
vapet -
√vap (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]

√vap (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]
putrikāsutaḥ -
putrikāsuta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “dvitīyaṃ tu pitustasyāstṛtīyaṃ tatpituḥ pituḥ ”
dvitīyam -
dvitīyam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

dvitīya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

dvitīya (noun, neuter)

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

dvitīyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
pitus -
pitṛ (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

pitu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tasyās -
sā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
tṛtīyam -
tṛtīyam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tṛtīya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

tṛtīya (noun, neuter)

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

tṛtīyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
tat -
tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
pituḥ -
pitṛ (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

pitu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
pituḥ -
pitṛ (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

pitu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023