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 12.46

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राजानः क्षत्रियाश्चैव राज्ञां चैव पुरोहिताः ।
वादयुद्धप्रधानाश्च मध्यमा राजसी गतिः ॥ ४६ ॥

rājānaḥ kṣatriyāścaiva rājñāṃ caiva purohitāḥ |
vādayuddhapradhānāśca madhyamā rājasī gatiḥ || 46 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 12.46 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 (12.46). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Rajan, Rajana, Kshatriya, Purohita, Vadayuddhapradhana, Madhyama, Rajasi, Gati,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 12.46). 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: “rājānaḥ kṣatriyāścaiva rājñāṃ caiva purohitāḥ ”
rājānaḥ -
rājan (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

rājāna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kṣatriyāś -
kṣatriya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

kṣatriyā (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]
rājñām -
rājan (noun, masculine)

[genitive 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]
purohitāḥ -
purohita (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

purohitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Line 2: “vādayuddhapradhānāśca madhyamā rājasī gatiḥ ”
vādayuddhapradhānāś -
vādayuddhapradhāna (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vādayuddhapradhānā (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]
madhyamā* -
madhyama (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

madhyamā (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