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 11.95

यक्षरक्षः।पिशाचान्नं मद्यं मांसं सुरासवम् ।
तद्ब्राह्मणेन नात्तव्यं देवानामश्नता हविः ॥ ९५ ॥

yakṣarakṣaḥ|piśācānnaṃ madyaṃ māṃsaṃ surāsavam |
tadbrāhmaṇena nāttavyaṃ devānāmaśnatā haviḥ || 95 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 11.95 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 (11.95). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yaksha, Raksha, Rakshas, Pishaca, Madya, Mamsa, Surasava, Tad, Tat, Brahmana, Tavya, Deva, Ashnata, Havis,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 11.95). 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: “yakṣarakṣaḥ|piśācānnaṃ madyaṃ māṃsaṃ surāsavam
  • yakṣa -
  • yakṣa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yakṣa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yakṣ (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • rakṣaḥ -
  • rakṣas (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    rakṣas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    rakṣa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • piśācānn -
  • piśāca (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • am -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ap (noun, feminine)
    [compound]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    e (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • madyam -
  • madya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    madya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    madyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    mad -> madya (participle, masculine)
    [adverb from √mad]
    mad -> madya (participle, neuter)
    [adverb from √mad]
    mad -> madyā (participle, feminine)
    [adverb from √mad]
    mad -> madya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √mad]
    mad -> madya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √mad], [accusative single from √mad]
  • māṃsam -
  • māṃsa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    māṃsa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • surāsavam -
  • surāsava (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    surāsava (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    surāsavā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “tadbrāhmaṇena nāttavyaṃ devānāmaśnatā haviḥ
  • tad -
  • tad (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • brāhmaṇena -
  • brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    brāhmaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • nāt -
  • na (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • tavyam -
  • tavya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    tavya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    tavyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    tu -> tavya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √tu class 2 verb]
    tu -> tavya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √tu class 2 verb], [accusative single from √tu class 2 verb]
  • devānām -
  • deva (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    deva (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    devā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • aśnatā* -
  • aśnatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • haviḥ -
  • havis (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
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