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 11.85

तेषां वेदविदो ब्रूयुस्त्रयोऽप्येनः सुनिष्कृतिम् ।
सा तेषां पावनाय स्यात्पवित्रा विदुषां हि वाक् ॥ ८५ ॥

teṣāṃ vedavido brūyustrayo'pyenaḥ suniṣkṛtim |
sā teṣāṃ pāvanāya syātpavitrā viduṣāṃ hi vāk || 85 ||

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

Tad, Vedavid, Traya, Tri, Api, Apya, Enas, Nishkriti, Pavana, Syat, Sya, Pavitra, Vidusha, Vidus, Vidvas, Vac,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 11.85). 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: “teṣāṃ vedavido brūyustrayo'pyenaḥ suniṣkṛtim
  • teṣām -
  • tad (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
  • vedavido* -
  • vedavid (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    vedavid (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • brūyus -
  • brū (verb class 2)
    [optative active third plural]
  • trayo' -
  • traya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    tri (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • apye -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    apya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    apyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • enaḥ -
  • enas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • su -
  • (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    so (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • niṣkṛtim -
  • niṣkṛti (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    niṣkṛti (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “ teṣāṃ pāvanāya syātpavitrā viduṣāṃ hi vāk
  • -
  • (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • teṣām -
  • tad (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
  • pāvanāya -
  • pāvana (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    pāvana (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
  • syāt -
  • syāt (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    syāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [optative active third single]
  • pavitrā* -
  • pavitra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    pavitrā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • viduṣām -
  • viduṣā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    vidus (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    vidus (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    vidvas (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    vidvas (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    vid -> vidvas (participle, masculine)
    [genitive plural from √vid class 2 verb]
    vid -> vidvas (participle, neuter)
    [genitive plural from √vid class 2 verb]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • vāk -
  • vāc (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
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