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 12.59

हिंस्रा भवन्ति क्रव्यादाः कृमयोऽमेध्यभक्षिणः ।
परस्परादिनः स्तेनाः प्रेत्यान्त्यस्त्रीनिषेविणः ॥ ५९ ॥

hiṃsrā bhavanti kravyādāḥ kṛmayo'medhyabhakṣiṇaḥ |
parasparādinaḥ stenāḥ pretyāntyastrīniṣeviṇaḥ || 59 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 12.59 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 (12.59). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Himsra, Bhavanti, Bhavat, Bhavant, Kravyada, Kravyadas, Krimi, Amedhya, Bhakshin, Bhakshi, Parasparadin, Stena, Pretya, Preti, Anti, Antya, Tri, Ish, Isha, Ishi, Vina,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

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  • Line 1: “hiṃsrā bhavanti kravyādāḥ kṛmayo'medhyabhakṣiṇaḥ
  • hiṃsrā* -
  • hiṃsra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    hiṃsrā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • bhavanti -
  • bhavanti (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    bhavantī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    bhavat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    bhavant (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
    bhū (verb class 1)
    [present active third plural]
  • kravyādāḥ -
  • kravyāda (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    kravyādā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    kravyādas (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • kṛmayo' -
  • kṛmi (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    kṛmi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • amedhya -
  • amedhya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    amedhya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bhakṣiṇaḥ -
  • bhakṣin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    bhakṣin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    bhakṣi (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 2: “parasparādinaḥ stenāḥ pretyāntyastrīniṣeviṇaḥ
  • parasparādinaḥ -
  • parasparādin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    parasparādin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • stenāḥ -
  • stena (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    stenā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • pretyā -
  • pretya (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    preti (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    pretī (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]
    pretī (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • antyas -
  • antī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    antya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • trīn -
  • tri (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • iṣe -
  • iṣ (noun, feminine)
    [dative single]
    iṣ (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    iṣ (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
    iṣa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    iṣa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    iṣā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    iṣi (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    i (verb class 2)
    [present middle second single]
  • viṇaḥ -
  • viṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
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