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 9.169

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सदृशं तु प्रकुर्याद्यं गुणदोषविचक्षणम् ।
पुत्रं पुत्रगुणैर्युक्तं स विज्ञेयश्च कृत्रिमः ॥ १६९ ॥

sadṛśaṃ tu prakuryādyaṃ guṇadoṣavicakṣaṇam |
putraṃ putraguṇairyuktaṃ sa vijñeyaśca kṛtrimaḥ || 169 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 9.169 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 (9.169). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sadrisham, Sadrish, Sadrisha, Pra, Yah, Gunadosha, Vicakshana, Putra, Guna, Yuktam, Yukta, Vijneya, Kritrima,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 9.169). 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: “sadṛśaṃ tu prakuryādyaṃ guṇadoṣavicakṣaṇam ”
sadṛśam -
sadṛśam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sadṛśa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sadṛśa (noun, neuter)

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

sadṛśā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

sadṛś (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
pra -
pra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

pra (Preverb)

[Preverb]
kuryād -
√kṛ (verb class 8)

[optative active third single]
yam -
ya (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[accusative single]
guṇadoṣa -
guṇadoṣa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

guṇadoṣa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vicakṣaṇam -
vicakṣaṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vicakṣaṇa (noun, neuter)

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

vicakṣaṇā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “putraṃ putraguṇairyuktaṃ sa vijñeyaśca kṛtrimaḥ ”
putram -
putra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

putra (noun, neuter)

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

putrā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
putra -
putra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

putra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
guṇair -
guṇa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
yuktam -
yuktam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yukta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

yukta (noun, neuter)

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

yuktā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√yuj -> yukta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √yuj class 7 verb]

√yuj -> yukta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √yuj class 7 verb], [accusative single from √yuj class 7 verb]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vijñeyaś -
vijñeya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kṛtrimaḥ -
kṛtrima (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023