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 11.254

सोमारौद्रं तु बह्वेनाः मासमभ्यस्य शुध्यति ।
स्रवन्त्यामाचरन् स्नानमर्यम्णामिति च तृचम् ॥ २५४ ॥

somāraudraṃ tu bahvenāḥ māsamabhyasya śudhyati |
sravantyāmācaran snānamaryamṇāmiti ca tṛcam || 254 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 11.254 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 (11.254). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Somaraudra, Bahvenas, Masa, Abhi, Idam, Shudhyat, Sravanti, Snana, Aryaman, Iti, Trica,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 11.254). 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: “somāraudraṃ tu bahvenāḥ māsamabhyasya śudhyati
  • somāraudram -
  • somāraudra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    somāraudra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    somāraudrā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • bahvenāḥ -
  • bahvenas (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • māsam -
  • māsa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    māsā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • abhya -
  • abhi (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    abhi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    abhi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    abhi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    abhī (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    abhī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    abhī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    abhi (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • 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]
  • śudhyati -
  • śudh -> śudhyat (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √śudh class 4 verb]
    śudh -> śudhyat (participle, neuter)
    [locative single from √śudh class 4 verb]
    śudh (verb class 4)
    [present active third single]
  • Line 2: “sravantyāmācaran snānamaryamṇāmiti ca tṛcam
  • sravantyām -
  • sravantī (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    sru -> sravantī (participle, feminine)
    [locative single from √sru class 1 verb]
  • ācaran -
  • snānam -
  • snāna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • aryamṇām -
  • aryaman (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tṛcam -
  • tṛca (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
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