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 12.48

तापसा यतयो विप्रा ये च वैमानिका गणाः ।
नक्षत्राणि च दैत्याश्च प्रथमा सात्त्विकी गतिः ॥ ४८ ॥

tāpasā yatayo viprā ye ca vaimānikā gaṇāḥ |
nakṣatrāṇi ca daityāśca prathamā sāttvikī gatiḥ || 48 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 12.48 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 (12.48). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tapasa, Yati, Vipra, Yah, Yat, Vaimanika, Gana, Nakshatra, Nakshatrani, Daitya, Prathama, Sattviki, Gati,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 12.48). 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: “tāpasā yatayo viprā ye ca vaimānikā gaṇāḥ
  • tāpasā* -
  • tāpasa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    tāpasā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • yatayo* -
  • yati (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    yati (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • viprā* -
  • vipra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    viprā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ye -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vaimānikā* -
  • vaimānika (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • gaṇāḥ -
  • gaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    gaṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “nakṣatrāṇi ca daityāśca prathamā sāttvikī gatiḥ
  • nakṣatrāṇi -
  • nakṣatrāṇi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    nakṣatrāṇi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    nakṣatrāṇi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    nakṣatra (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • daityāś -
  • daitya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    daityā (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]
  • prathamā -
  • prathamā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • sāttvikī -
  • sāttvikī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
  • gatiḥ -
  • gati (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    gati (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
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