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 11.3

एतेभ्यो हि द्विजाग्र्येभ्यो देयमन्नं सदक्षिणम् ।
इतरेभ्यो बहिर्वेदि कृतान्नं देयमुच्यते ॥ ३ ॥

etebhyo hi dvijāgryebhyo deyamannaṃ sadakṣiṇam |
itarebhyo bahirvedi kṛtānnaṃ deyamucyate || 3 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 11.3 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 (11.3). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Eta, Etad, Esha, Dvijagrya, Deya, Anna, Sadakshina, Itara, Bahirvedi, Kritanna, Ucyat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 11.3). 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: “etebhyo hi dvijāgryebhyo deyamannaṃ sadakṣiṇam
  • etebhyo* -
  • eta (noun, masculine)
    [dative plural], [ablative plural]
    eta (noun, neuter)
    [dative plural], [ablative plural]
    etad (noun, neuter)
    [dative plural], [ablative plural]
    eṣa (noun, masculine)
    [dative plural], [ablative plural]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • dvijāgryebhyo* -
  • dvijāgrya (noun, masculine)
    [dative plural], [ablative plural]
  • deyam -
  • deya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    deya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    deyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • annam -
  • anna (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    anna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    annā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • sadakṣiṇam -
  • sadakṣiṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sadakṣiṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sadakṣiṇā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “itarebhyo bahirvedi kṛtānnaṃ deyamucyate
  • itarebhyo* -
  • itara (noun, masculine)
    [dative plural], [ablative plural]
    itara (noun, neuter)
    [dative plural], [ablative plural]
  • bahirvedi -
  • bahirvedi (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    bahirvedi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • kṛtānnam -
  • kṛtānna (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kṛtānna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    kṛtānnā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • deyam -
  • deya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    deya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    deyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • 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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