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 10.112

शिलौञ्छमप्याददीत विप्रोऽजीवन्यतस्ततः ।
प्रतिग्रहात् शिलः श्रेयांस्ततोऽप्युञ्छः प्रशस्यते ॥ ११२ ॥

śilauñchamapyādadīta vipro'jīvanyatastataḥ |
pratigrahāt śilaḥ śreyāṃstato'pyuñchaḥ praśasyate || 112 ||

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

Shila, Shili, Apya, Ita, Vipra, Ajivani, Atah, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Pratigraha, Shreyas, Shreya, Api, Uncha, Prashasyata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 10.112). 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: “śilauñchamapyādadīta vipro'jīvanyatastataḥ
  • śilau -
  • śila (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    śilā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    śili (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    śili (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    śil (verb class 6)
    [imperative active second single]
  • auñcham -
  • uñch (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active first single]
    uñch (verb class 6)
    [imperfect active first single]
  • apyād -
  • apya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • adī -
  • ad (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • ita -
  • ita (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ita (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    i -> ita (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
    i -> ita (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
    i (verb class 2)
    [imperative active second plural]
  • vipro' -
  • vipra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ajīvanya -
  • ajīvani (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • atas -
  • ataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • tataḥ -
  • tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    tata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    tan -> tata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
  • Line 2: “pratigrahāt śilaḥ śreyāṃstato'pyuñchaḥ praśasyate
  • pratigrahāt -
  • pratigraha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • śilaḥ -
  • śila (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • śreyāṃs -
  • śreyas (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    śrā -> śreya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative plural from √śrā class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √śrā class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √śrā class 4 verb]
    śrai -> śreya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative plural from √śrai class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √śrai class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √śrai class 4 verb]
    śri -> śreya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative plural from √śri class 1 verb]
    śrī -> śreya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative plural from √śrī class 9 verb]
  • tato' -
  • tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    tata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    tan -> tata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
  • apyu -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • uñchaḥ -
  • uñcha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • praśasyate -
  • praśasyatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
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