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 9.305

अष्टौ मासान्यथाऽदित्यस्तोयं हरति रश्मिभिः ।
तथा हरेत्करं राष्ट्रात्नित्यमर्कव्रतं हि तत् ॥ ३०५ ॥

aṣṭau māsānyathā'dityastoyaṃ harati raśmibhiḥ |
tathā haretkaraṃ rāṣṭrātnityamarkavrataṃ hi tat || 305 ||

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

Ashta, Ashti, Masa, Aditi, Astri, Asta, Astu, Yah, Harat, Rashmi, Rashmibhi, Tatha, Kara, Rashtra, Nityam, Nitya, Arkavrata, Tat, Tad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 9.305). 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: “aṣṭau māsānyathā'dityastoyaṃ harati raśmibhiḥ
  • aṣṭau -
  • aṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    aṣṭi (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    -> aṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [nominative dual from √ class 5 verb], [vocative dual from √ class 5 verb], [accusative dual from √ class 5 verb]
  • māsān -
  • māsa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • yathā' -
  • aditya -
  • aditi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    aditi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    aditi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • asto -
  • astṛ (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    asta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    astu (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    astu (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • yam -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • harati -
  • hṛ -> harat (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √hṛ class 1 verb]
    hṛ -> harat (participle, neuter)
    [locative single from √hṛ class 1 verb]
    hṛ (verb class 1)
    [present active third single]
  • raśmibhiḥ -
  • raśmi (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    raśmī (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
    raśmibhi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    raśmibhi (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “tathā haretkaraṃ rāṣṭrātnityamarkavrataṃ hi tat
  • tathā* -
  • tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    tatha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • haret -
  • hṛ (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • karam -
  • kara (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kara (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • rāṣṭrāt -
  • rāṣṭra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    rāṣṭra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • nityam -
  • nityam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    nitya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    nitya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    nityā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • arkavratam -
  • arkavrata (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • tat -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
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