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 9.173

या गर्भिणी संस्क्रियते ज्ञाताऽज्ञाताऽपि वा सती ।
वोढुः स गर्भो भवति सहोढ इति चोच्यते ॥ १७३ ॥

yā garbhiṇī saṃskriyate jñātā'jñātā'pi vā satī |
voḍhuḥ sa garbho bhavati sahoḍha iti cocyate || 173 ||

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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 (9.173). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Garbhini, Garbhin, Api, Sat, Sati, Vodhri, Vodhu, Garbha, Bhavati, Bhavat, Bhavant, Sahodha, Iti, Ucyat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 9.173). 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: “ garbhiṇī saṃskriyate jñātā'jñātā'pi satī
  • yā* -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
  • garbhiṇī -
  • garbhiṇī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    garbhin (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • Cannot analyse saṃskriyate*jñ
  • jñātā' -
  • ajñātā' -
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    api (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • -
  • (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • satī -
  • satī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    sat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    sati (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • Line 2: “voḍhuḥ sa garbho bhavati sahoḍha iti cocyate
  • voḍhuḥ -
  • voḍhṛ (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    voḍhṛ (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    voḍhu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • garbho* -
  • garbha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bhavati -
  • bhavatī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    bhavat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhavat (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    bhavant (pronoun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhavant (pronoun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    bhū (verb class 1)
    [present active third single]
  • sahoḍha* -
  • sahoḍha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • co -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ucyate -
  • uc -> ucyat (participle, masculine)
    [dative single from √uc class 4 verb]
    uc -> ucyat (participle, neuter)
    [dative single from √uc class 4 verb]
    vac (verb class 2)
    [present passive third single]
    vac (verb class 3)
    [present passive third single]
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