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 11.138

जीनकार्मुकबस्तावीन्पृथग्दद्याद्विशुद्धये ।
चतुर्णामपि वर्णानां नारीर्हत्वाऽनवस्थिताः ॥ १३८ ॥

jīnakārmukabastāvīnpṛthagdadyādviśuddhaye |
caturṇāmapi varṇānāṃ nārīrhatvā'navasthitāḥ || 138 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 11.138 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 (11.138). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Jina, Karmuka, Basta, Basti, Prithak, Vishuddhi, Api, Varna, Nari, Anavasthita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 11.138). 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: “jīnakārmukabastāvīnpṛthagdadyādviśuddhaye
  • jīna -
  • jīna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    jīna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kārmuka -
  • kārmuka (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kārmuka (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bastāvī -
  • basta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    basti (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    basti (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • īn -
  • i (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • pṛthag -
  • pṛthak (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • dadyād -
  • (verb class 3)
    [optative active third single]
  • viśuddhaye -
  • viśuddhi (noun, feminine)
    [dative single]
  • Line 2: “caturṇāmapi varṇānāṃ nārīrhatvā'navasthitāḥ
  • catur -
  • catur (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
  • ṇā -
  • ṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ām -
  • ā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    o (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • varṇānām -
  • varṇa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    varṇa (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    varṇā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • nārīr -
  • nāri (noun, feminine)
    [accusative plural]
    nārī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative plural]
  • hatvā' -
  • anavasthitāḥ -
  • anavasthita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    anavasthitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
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