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 11.243

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प्रजापतिरिदं शास्त्रं तपसैवासृजत्प्रभुः ।
तथैव वेदानृषयस्तपसा प्रतिपेदिरे ॥ २४३ ॥

prajāpatiridaṃ śāstraṃ tapasaivāsṛjatprabhuḥ |
tathaiva vedānṛṣayastapasā pratipedire || 243 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 11.243 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 (11.243). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Prajapati, Idam, Shastra, Tapasa, Tapas, Prabhu, Tatha, Veda, Rishi, Pratipa,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 11.243). 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: “prajāpatiridaṃ śāstraṃ tapasaivāsṛjatprabhuḥ ”
prajāpatir -
prajāpati (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
idam -
idam (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
śāstram -
śāstra (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
tapasai -
tapasa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tapas (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
aivā -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
asṛjat -
√sṛj (verb class 6)

[imperfect active third single]
prabhuḥ -
prabhu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

prabhu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “tathaiva vedānṛṣayastapasā pratipedire ”
tathai -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tatha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tatha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
vedān -
veda (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
ṛṣayas -
ṛṣi (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
tapasā -
tapas (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
pratipe -
pratipa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
di -
dī (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

dā (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
re -
ṛ (noun, feminine)

[dative single]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

ra (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ra (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

rā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023