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 12.69

स्त्रियोऽप्येतेन कल्पेन हृत्वा दोषमवाप्नुयुः ।
एतेषामेव जन्तूनां भार्यात्वमुपयान्ति ताः ॥ ६९ ॥

striyo'pyetena kalpena hṛtvā doṣamavāpnuyuḥ |
eteṣāmeva jantūnāṃ bhāryātvamupayānti tāḥ || 69 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 12.69 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 (12.69). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Stri, Api, Apya, Eta, Etad, Esha, Kalpa, Dosha, Ava, Eva, Jantu, Bharyatva, Upaya, Anti, Tas,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 12.69). 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: “striyo'pyetena kalpena hṛtvā doṣamavāpnuyuḥ
  • striyo' -
  • strī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • apye -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    apya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    apyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • etena -
  • eta (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    eta (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    etad (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    eṣa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • kalpena -
  • kalpa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    kalpa (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • hṛtvā -
  • hṛ -> hṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √hṛ]
  • doṣam -
  • doṣa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    doṣā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • avā -
  • ava (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    o (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [instrumental single]
    u (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    av (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
    u (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
    ava (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
    avā (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • āpnuyuḥ -
  • āp (verb class 5)
    [optative active third plural]
  • Line 2: “eteṣāmeva jantūnāṃ bhāryātvamupayānti tāḥ
  • eteṣām -
  • etad (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    eṣa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • jantūnām -
  • jantu (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
  • bhāryātvam -
  • bhāryātva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • upayā -
  • upaya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    upaya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    upayā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • anti -
  • anti (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    anti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    antī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
  • tāḥ -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    tas (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
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