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 11.218

अष्टावष्टौ समश्नीयात्पिण्डान्मध्यन्दिने स्थिते ।
नियतात्मा हविष्याशी यतिचान्द्रायणं चरन् ॥ २१८ ॥

aṣṭāvaṣṭau samaśnīyātpiṇḍānmadhyandine sthite |
niyatātmā haviṣyāśī yaticāndrāyaṇaṃ caran || 218 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 11.218 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 (11.218). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ashta, Ashti, Ashan, Ashni, Pinda, Madhyandina, Sthita, Sthiti, Niyatatma, Havishyashin, Yaticandrayana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 11.218). 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: “aṣṭāvaṣṭau samaśnīyātpiṇḍānmadhyandine sthite
  • aṣṭāva -
  • aṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    aṣṭi (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    -> aṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [nominative dual from √ class 5 verb], [vocative dual from √ class 5 verb], [accusative dual from √ class 5 verb]
  • aṣṭau -
  • aṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    aṣṭi (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    -> aṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [nominative dual from √ class 5 verb], [vocative dual from √ class 5 verb], [accusative dual from √ class 5 verb]
  • sam -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • aśnī -
  • aśni (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    aśni (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    aśni (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    aśan (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • iyāt -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [optative active third single]
  • piṇḍān -
  • piṇḍa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative plural], [ablative single]
  • madhyandine -
  • madhyandina (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    madhyandina (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • sthite -
  • sthita (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    sthita (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    sthitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    sthiti (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    sthā -> sthita (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √sthā class 1 verb]
    sthā -> sthita (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √sthā class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √sthā class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √sthā class 1 verb], [locative single from √sthā class 1 verb]
    sthā -> sthitā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative dual from √sthā class 1 verb], [vocative single from √sthā class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √sthā class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √sthā class 1 verb]
  • Line 2: “niyatātmā haviṣyāśī yaticāndrāyaṇaṃ caran
  • niyatātmā* -
  • niyatātmā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • haviṣyāśī -
  • haviṣyāśin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • yaticāndrāyaṇam -
  • yaticāndrāyaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • Cannot analyse caran
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