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 11.12

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यो वैश्यः स्याद्बहुपशुर्हीनक्रतुरसोमपः ।
कुटुम्बात्तस्य तद्द्रव्यमाहरेद्यज्ञसिद्धये ॥ १२ ॥

yo vaiśyaḥ syādbahupaśurhīnakraturasomapaḥ |
kuṭumbāttasya taddravyamāharedyajñasiddhaye || 12 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 11.12 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 (11.12). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yah, Vaishya, Syat, Sya, Bahupashu, Hinakratu, Asomapa, Kutumba, Tad, Tat, Dravya, Dravi, Ahara, Ajna, Siddhi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 11.12). 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: “yo vaiśyaḥ syādbahupaśurhīnakraturasomapaḥ ”
yo* -
yaḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vaiśyaḥ -
vaiśya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
syād -
syāt (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

syāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[optative active third single]
bahupaśur -
bahupaśu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

bahupaśu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
hīnakratur -
hīnakratu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

hīnakratu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
asomapaḥ -
asomapa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “kuṭumbāttasya taddravyamāharedyajñasiddhaye ”
kuṭumbāt -
kuṭumba (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

kuṭumba (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
tasya -
√tas -> tasya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √tas]

ta (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

tad (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

√tas (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]
tad -
tad (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
dravyam -
dravya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

dravya (noun, neuter)

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

dravyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

dravī (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
āhare -
āhara (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

āhara (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

āharā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
dya -
dī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

dā (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

√dā (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]
ajña -
ajña (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ajña (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
siddhaye -
siddhi (noun, feminine)

[dative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023