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 11.170

गुरुतल्पव्रतं कुर्याद् रेतः सिक्त्वा स्वयोनिषु ।
सख्युः पुत्रस्य च स्त्रीषु कुमारीष्वन्त्यजासु च ॥ १७० ॥

gurutalpavrataṃ kuryād retaḥ siktvā svayoniṣu |
sakhyuḥ putrasya ca strīṣu kumārīṣvantyajāsu ca || 170 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 11.170 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 (11.170). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Gurutalpavrata, Retas, Siktu, Svayoni, Sakhi, Putra, Strishu, Stri, Kumari, Antyaja,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 11.170). 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: “gurutalpavrataṃ kuryād retaḥ siktvā svayoniṣu
  • gurutalpavratam -
  • gurutalpavrata (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • kuryād -
  • kṛ (verb class 8)
    [optative active third single]
  • retaḥ -
  • retas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • siktvā -
  • sic -> siktvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √sic]
    siktu (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • svayoniṣu -
  • svayoni (noun, feminine)
    [locative plural]
    svayoni (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    svayoni (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • Line 2: “sakhyuḥ putrasya ca strīṣu kumārīṣvantyajāsu ca
  • sakhyuḥ -
  • sakhi (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • putrasya -
  • putra (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    putra (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • strīṣu -
  • strīṣū (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    strī (noun, feminine)
    [locative plural]
  • kumārīṣva -
  • kumārī (noun, feminine)
    [locative plural]
    kumārī (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
  • antyajāsu -
  • antyajā (noun, feminine)
    [locative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
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