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 11.185

ज्येष्ठता च निवर्तेत ज्येष्ठावाप्यं च यद्धनम् ।
ज्येष्ठांशं प्राप्नुयाच्चास्य यवीयान् गुणतोऽधिकः ॥ १८५ ॥

jyeṣṭhatā ca nivarteta jyeṣṭhāvāpyaṃ ca yaddhanam |
jyeṣṭhāṃśaṃ prāpnuyāccāsya yavīyān guṇato'dhikaḥ || 185 ||

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

Jyeshthata, Nivarta, Ita, Jyeshtha, Apya, Api, Yat, Yad, Hana, Han, Jyeshthamsha, Pra, Idam, Yaviyas, Gunatah, Adhika,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 11.185). 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: “jyeṣṭhatā ca nivarteta jyeṣṭhāvāpyaṃ ca yaddhanam
  • jyeṣṭhatā -
  • jyeṣṭhatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • nivarte -
  • nivarta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    nivarta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    nivartā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ita -
  • ita (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ita (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    i -> ita (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
    i -> ita (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
    i (verb class 2)
    [imperative active second plural]
  • jyeṣṭhāvā -
  • jyeṣṭha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • āpyam -
  • āpya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    āpya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    āpyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    āp -> āpya (participle, masculine)
    [adverb from √āp]
    āp -> āpya (participle, neuter)
    [adverb from √āp]
    āp -> āpyā (participle, feminine)
    [adverb from √āp]
    i -> āpya (participle, masculine)
    [adverb from √i]
    i -> āpya (participle, neuter)
    [adverb from √i]
    i -> āpyā (participle, feminine)
    [adverb from √i]
    āpī (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    āp -> āpya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √āp]
    āp -> āpya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √āp], [accusative single from √āp]
    i -> āpya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √i]
    i -> āpya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √i], [accusative single from √i]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • yaddh -
  • yat (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    yad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    yat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    i -> yat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • hanam -
  • hana (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    hana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    hanā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    han (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “jyeṣṭhāṃśaṃ prāpnuyāccāsya yavīyān guṇato'dhikaḥ
  • jyeṣṭhāṃśam -
  • jyeṣṭhāṃśa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • prā -
  • pra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    pra (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
    prā (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • āpnuyāc -
  • āp (verb class 5)
    [optative active third single]
  • -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • asya -
  • as -> asya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √as]
    a (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    idam (pronoun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    idam (pronoun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    as (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single]
  • yavīyān -
  • yavīyas (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • guṇato' -
  • guṇataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • adhikaḥ -
  • adhika (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
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