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 11.6a

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धनानि तु यथाशक्ति विप्रेषु प्रतिपादयेत् ।
वेदवित्सु विविक्तेषु प्रेत्य स्वर्गं समश्नुते ॥ ६अ ॥

dhanāni tu yathāśakti vipreṣu pratipādayet |
vedavitsu vivikteṣu pretya svargaṃ samaśnute || 6a ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 11.6a 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 (11.6a). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dhana, Yatha, Vipra, Pratipa, Vedavid, Vivikta, Pretya, Svarga,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 11.6a). 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: “dhanāni tu yathāśakti vipreṣu pratipādayet ”
dhanāni -
dhana (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√dhan (verb class 1)

[imperative active first single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
aśakti -
aśakti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
vipreṣu -
vipra (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

vipra (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
pratipā -
pratipa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
ādayet -
√ad (verb class 0)

[optative active third single]
Line 2: “vedavitsu vivikteṣu pretya svargaṃ samaśnute || 6a |”
vedavitsu -
vedavid (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

vedavid (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
vivikteṣu -
vivikta (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

vivikta (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
pretya -
pretya (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
svargam -
svarga (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

svarga (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

svargā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
sam -
sa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

sam (Preverb)

[Preverb]
aśnute -
√aś (verb class 5)

[present middle third single]
Cannot analyse 6a

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023