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 11.192

प्रायश्चित्तं चिकीर्षन्ति विकर्मस्थास्तु ये द्विजाः ।
ब्रह्मणा च परित्यक्तास्तेषामप्येतदादिशेत् ॥ १९२ ॥

prāyaścittaṃ cikīrṣanti vikarmasthāstu ye dvijāḥ |
brahmaṇā ca parityaktāsteṣāmapyetadādiśet || 192 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 11.192 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 (11.192). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Prayashcitta, Cikirshat, Cikirshanti, Vikarmastha, Yah, Yat, Dvija, Brahman, Parityakta, Tad, Apya, Tada,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 11.192). 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: “prāyaścittaṃ cikīrṣanti vikarmasthāstu ye dvijāḥ
  • prāyaścittam -
  • prāyaścitta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    prāyaścitta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    prāyaścittā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • cikīrṣanti -
  • kṛ -> cikīrṣantī (participle, feminine)
    [adverb from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> cikīrṣat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √kṛ], [vocative plural from √kṛ], [accusative plural from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> cikīrṣantī (participle, feminine)
    [vocative single from √kṛ]
    kṛ (verb class 0)
    [present active third plural]
  • vikarmasthās -
  • vikarmastha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    vikarmasthā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • ye -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • dvijāḥ -
  • dvija (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    dvijā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “brahmaṇā ca parityaktāsteṣāmapyetadādiśet
  • brahmaṇā -
  • brahman (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • parityaktās -
  • parityakta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    parityaktā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • teṣām -
  • tad (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
  • apye -
  • apya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    apyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • tadā -
  • tadā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tadā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • diśet -
  • diś (verb class 6)
    [optative active third single]
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