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 9.217

अनपत्यस्य पुत्रस्य माता दायमवाप्नुयात् ।
मातर्यपि च वृत्तायां पितुर्माता हरेद्धनम् ॥ २१७ ॥

anapatyasya putrasya mātā dāyamavāpnuyāt |
mātaryapi ca vṛttāyāṃ piturmātā hareddhanam || 217 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 9.217 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 (9.217). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Anapatya, Putra, Mata, Daya, Ava, Matri, Matari, Api, Vritta, Piturmata, Hana, Han,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 9.217). 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: “anapatyasya putrasya mātā dāyamavāpnuyāt
  • anapatyasya -
  • anapatya (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    anapatya (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • putrasya -
  • putra (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    putra (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • mātā* -
  • māta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    mātā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • dāyam -
  • dāya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dāya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    dāyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    -> dāyam (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √]
    -> dāyam (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √]
  • avā -
  • ava (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    o (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [instrumental single]
    u (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    av (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
    u (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
    ava (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
    avā (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • āpnuyāt -
  • āp (verb class 5)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 2: “mātaryapi ca vṛttāyāṃ piturmātā hareddhanam
  • mātarya -
  • mātari (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    mātari (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    mātari (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    mātarī (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    mātarī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    mātarī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    mātṛ (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    mātṛ (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vṛttāyām -
  • vṛttā (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    vṛt -> vṛttā (participle, feminine)
    [locative single from √vṛt class 1 verb]
  • piturmātā* -
  • piturmātā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    piturmāta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • hareddh -
  • hṛ (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • hanam -
  • hana (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    hana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    hanā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    han (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
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