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 9.188

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सर्वेषामप्यभावे तु ब्राह्मणा रिक्थभागिनः ।
त्रैविद्याः शुचयो दान्तास्तथा धर्मो न हीयते ॥ १८८ ॥

sarveṣāmapyabhāve tu brāhmaṇā rikthabhāginaḥ |
traividyāḥ śucayo dāntāstathā dharmo na hīyate || 188 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 9.188 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 (9.188). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sarva, Api, Apya, Abhava, Brahmana, Rikthabhagin, Traividya, Shuci, Danta, Tatha, Dharma,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 9.188). 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: “sarveṣāmapyabhāve tu brāhmaṇā rikthabhāginaḥ ”
sarveṣām -
sarva (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

sarva (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]
apya -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

apya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ap (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

api (Preverb)

[Preverb]
abhāve -
abhāva (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
brāhmaṇā* -
brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

brāhmaṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
rikthabhāginaḥ -
rikthabhāgin (noun, masculine)

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

rikthabhāgin (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
Line 2: “traividyāḥ śucayo dāntāstathā dharmo na hīyate ”
traividyāḥ -
traividya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

traividyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
śucayo* -
śuci (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

śuci (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
dāntās -
dānta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

dāntā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
tathā* -
tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

tatha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
dharmo* -
dharma (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
hīyate -
√hā (verb class 1)

[present passive third single]

√hā (verb class 3)

[present passive third single]

√hi (verb class 5)

[present passive third single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023