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 10.8

ब्राह्मणाद्वैश्यकन्यायामम्बष्ठो नाम जायते ।
निषादः शूद्रकन्यायां यः पारशव उच्यते ॥ ८ ॥

brāhmaṇādvaiśyakanyāyāmambaṣṭho nāma jāyate |
niṣādaḥ śūdrakanyāyāṃ yaḥ pāraśava ucyate || 8 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 10.8 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 (10.8). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Brahmana, Vaishyakanya, Ambashtha, Naman, Jayat, Nishada, Shudrakanya, Yah, Parashava, Ucyat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 10.8). 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: “brāhmaṇādvaiśyakanyāyāmambaṣṭho nāma jāyate
  • brāhmaṇād -
  • brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    brāhmaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • vaiśyakanyāyām -
  • vaiśyakanyā (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • ambaṣṭho* -
  • ambaṣṭha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • nāma -
  • nāman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • jāyate -
  • jai -> jāyat (participle, masculine)
    [dative single from √jai class 1 verb]
    jai -> jāyat (participle, neuter)
    [dative single from √jai class 1 verb]
    jai (verb class 1)
    [present middle third single]
    jan (verb class 4)
    [present middle third single]
  • Line 2: “niṣādaḥ śūdrakanyāyāṃ yaḥ pāraśava ucyate
  • niṣādaḥ -
  • niṣāda (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • śūdrakanyāyām -
  • śūdrakanyā (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • yaḥ -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • pāraśava* -
  • pāraśava (noun, masculine)
    [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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