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 9.179

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दास्यां वा दासदास्यां वा यः शूद्रस्य सुतो भवेत् ।
सोऽनुज्ञातो हरेदंशमिति धर्मो व्यवस्थितः ॥ १७९ ॥

dāsyāṃ vā dāsadāsyāṃ vā yaḥ śūdrasya suto bhavet |
so'nujñāto haredaṃśamiti dharmo vyavasthitaḥ || 179 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 9.179 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 (9.179). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dasi, Dasya, Var, Dasadasi, Yah, Shudra, Sut, Suta, Sah, Anujnata, Amsha, Iti, Dharma, Vyavasthita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 9.179). 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: “dāsyāṃ vā dāsadāsyāṃ vā yaḥ śūdrasya suto bhavet ”
dāsyām -
dāsī (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

√das -> dāsyā (participle, feminine)

[accusative single from √das]
vā* -
vār (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

vār (noun, neuter)

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

va (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
dāsadāsyām -
dāsadāsī (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
vā* -
vār (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

vār (noun, neuter)

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

va (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
yaḥ -
yaḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
śūdrasya -
śūdra (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]
suto* -
sut (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

sut (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

suta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√su -> suta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √su class 5 verb]

√sū -> suta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √sū class 6 verb]

√sū -> suta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √sū class 2 verb]

√su (verb class 2)

[present active third dual]
bhavet -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]
Line 2: “so'nujñāto haredaṃśamiti dharmo vyavasthitaḥ ”
so' -
saḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

so (noun, feminine)

[compound]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
anujñāto* -
anujñāta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
hared -
√hṛ (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]
aṃśam -
aṃśa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
dharmo* -
dharma (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vyavasthitaḥ -
vyavasthita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023