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 9.149

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ब्राह्मणस्यानुपूर्व्येण चतस्रस्तु यदि स्त्रियः ।
तासां पुत्रेषु जातेषु विभागेऽयं विधिः स्मृतः ॥ १४९ ॥

brāhmaṇasyānupūrvyeṇa catasrastu yadi striyaḥ |
tāsāṃ putreṣu jāteṣu vibhāge'yaṃ vidhiḥ smṛtaḥ || 149 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 9.149 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 (9.149). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Brahmana, Anupurvya, Astu, Yadi, Yad, Stri, Putra, Jata, Vibhaga, Aya, Idam, Vidhi, Smrita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 9.149). 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: “brāhmaṇasyānupūrvyeṇa catasrastu yadi striyaḥ ”
brāhmaṇasyā -
brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

brāhmaṇa (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
anupūrvyeṇa -
anupūrvya (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

anupūrvya (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
catasra -
catasṛ (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
astu -
astu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

astu (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

astu (noun, neuter)

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

√as (verb class 2)

[imperative active third single]
yadi -
yadi (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

yadi (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yadi (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yad (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
striyaḥ -
strī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Line 2: “tāsāṃ putreṣu jāteṣu vibhāge'yaṃ vidhiḥ smṛtaḥ ”
tāsām -
sā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
putreṣu -
putra (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

putra (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
jāteṣu -
jāta (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

jāta (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]

√jan -> jāta (participle, masculine)

[locative plural from √jan class 1 verb], [locative plural from √jan class 2 verb], [locative plural from √jan class 3 verb], [locative plural from √jan class 4 verb]

√jan -> jāta (participle, neuter)

[locative plural from √jan class 1 verb], [locative plural from √jan class 2 verb], [locative plural from √jan class 3 verb], [locative plural from √jan class 4 verb]
vibhāge' -
vibhāga (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
ayam -
aya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vidhiḥ -
vidhi (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

vidhi (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
smṛtaḥ -
smṛta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√smṛ -> smṛta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023