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 12.45

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झल्ला मल्ला नटाश्चैव पुरुषाः शस्त्रवृत्तयः ।
द्यूतपानप्रसक्ताश्च जघन्या राजसी गतिः ॥ ४५ ॥

jhallā mallā naṭāścaiva puruṣāḥ śastravṛttayaḥ |
dyūtapānaprasaktāśca jaghanyā rājasī gatiḥ || 45 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 12.45 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 (12.45). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Jhalla, Malla, Nata, Purusha, Shastravritti, Dyuta, Panaprasakta, Jaghanya, Rajasi, Gati,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 12.45). 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: “jhallā mallā naṭāścaiva puruṣāḥ śastravṛttayaḥ ”
jhallā* -
jhalla (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
mallā* -
malla (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

mallā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
naṭāś -
naṭa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

naṭā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

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

[imperfect active first dual]
puruṣāḥ -
puruṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

puruṣā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
śastravṛttayaḥ -
śastravṛtti (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

śastravṛtti (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
Line 2: “dyūtapānaprasaktāśca jaghanyā rājasī gatiḥ ”
dyūta -
dyūta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
pānaprasaktāś -
pānaprasakta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

pānaprasaktā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
jaghanyā* -
jaghanya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

jaghanyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
rājasī -
rājasī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]
gatiḥ -
gati (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

gati (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023