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 9.172

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पितृवेश्मनि कन्या तु यं पुत्रं जनयेद् रहः ।
तं कानीनं वदेन्नाम्ना वोढुः कन्यासमुद्भवम् ॥ १७२ ॥

pitṛveśmani kanyā tu yaṃ putraṃ janayed rahaḥ |
taṃ kānīnaṃ vadennāmnā voḍhuḥ kanyāsamudbhavam || 172 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 9.172 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 (9.172). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pitriveshman, Kani, Kanya, Yah, Putra, Rahah, Rahas, Raha, Kanina, Namna, Naman, Vodhri, Vodhu, Kanyasamudbhava,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 9.172). 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: “pitṛveśmani kanyā tu yaṃ putraṃ janayed rahaḥ ”
pitṛveśmani -
pitṛveśman (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
kanyā -
kanī (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

kanyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
yam -
ya (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[accusative single]
putram -
putra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

putra (noun, neuter)

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

putrā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
janayed -
√jan (verb class 10)

[optative active third single]

√jan (verb class 0)

[optative active third single]
rahaḥ -
rahaḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

rahas (noun, neuter)

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

raha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “taṃ kānīnaṃ vadennāmnā voḍhuḥ kanyāsamudbhavam ”
tam -
ta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

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

tā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

tan (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
kānīnam -
kānīna (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kānīna (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
vaden -
√vad (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]
nāmnā -
nāmnā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

nāman (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
voḍhuḥ -
voḍhṛ (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

voḍhṛ (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

voḍhu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kanyāsamudbhavam -
kanyāsamudbhava (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kanyāsamudbhava (noun, neuter)

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

kanyāsamudbhavā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023