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 11.87

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हत्वा गर्भमविज्ञातमेतदेव व्रतं चरेत् ।
राजन्यवैश्यौ चैजानावात्रेयीमेव च स्त्रियम् ॥ ८७ ॥

hatvā garbhamavijñātametadeva vrataṃ caret |
rājanyavaiśyau caijānāvātreyīmeva ca striyam || 87 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 11.87 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 (11.87). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Garbha, Avijnata, Etad, Etada, Iva, Vrata, Rajanya, Vaishya, Ana, Ani, Anu, Atreyi, Eva, Stri,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 11.87). 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: “hatvā garbhamavijñātametadeva vrataṃ caret ”
hatvā -
√han -> hatvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √han]

√han -> hatvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √han]
garbham -
garbha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

garbhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
avijñātam -
avijñāta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

avijñāta (noun, neuter)

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

avijñātā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
etade -
etad (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single], [dative single]

etadā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
vratam -
vrata (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vrata (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
caret -
√car (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]
Line 2: “rājanyavaiśyau caijānāvātreyīmeva ca striyam ”
rājanya -
rājanya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

rājanya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vaiśyau -
vaiśya (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ejā -
√ej (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single], [perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
anāvā -
ana (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

ani (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

anu (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

anu (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

√an (verb class 2)

[imperative active first dual]
ātreyīm -
ātreyī (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
striyam -
strī (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023