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 11.18

ब्राह्मणस्वं न हर्तव्यं क्षत्रियेण कदा चन ।
दस्युनिष्क्रिययोस्तु स्वमजीवन् हर्तुमर्हति ॥ १८ ॥

brāhmaṇasvaṃ na hartavyaṃ kṣatriyeṇa kadā cana |
dasyuniṣkriyayostu svamajīvan hartumarhati || 18 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 11.18 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 (11.18). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Brahmanasva, Hartavya, Kshatriya, Kada, Cana, Nishkriya, Sva, Ajivat, Hartu, Arhat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 11.18). 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: “brāhmaṇasvaṃ na hartavyaṃ kṣatriyeṇa kadā cana
  • brāhmaṇasvam -
  • brāhmaṇasva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • hartavyam -
  • hartavya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    hartavya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    hartavyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    hṛ -> hartavya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √hṛ class 1 verb]
    hṛ -> hartavya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √hṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √hṛ class 1 verb]
  • kṣatriyeṇa -
  • kṣatriya (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    kṣatriya (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • kadā -
  • kadā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    kadā (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    kadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • cana -
  • cana (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    cana (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    cana (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    can (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • Line 2: “dasyuniṣkriyayostu svamajīvan hartumarhati
  • dasyu -
  • dasyu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • niṣkriyayos -
  • niṣkriya (noun, masculine)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
    niṣkriya (noun, neuter)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
    niṣkriyā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • svam -
  • sva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    svan (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    svan (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
    sva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • ajīvan -
  • ajīvat (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    jīv (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active third plural]
  • hartum -
  • hṛ -> hartum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √hṛ]
    hartu (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • arhati -
  • arhat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    arhat (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    arh (verb class 1)
    [present active third single]
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