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 12.71

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वान्ताश्युल्कामुखः प्रेतो विप्रो धर्मात्स्वकाच्च्युतः ।
अमेध्यकुणपाशी च क्षत्रियः कटपूतनः ॥ ७१ ॥

vāntāśyulkāmukhaḥ preto vipro dharmātsvakāccyutaḥ |
amedhyakuṇapāśī ca kṣatriyaḥ kaṭapūtanaḥ || 71 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 12.71 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 (12.71). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vantashin, Vantashi, Ulkamukha, Pretri, Preta, Vipra, Dharmat, Dharma, Svaka, Cyut, Cyuta, Amedhyakunapashin, Kshatriya, Kataputana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 12.71). 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: “vāntāśyulkāmukhaḥ preto vipro dharmātsvakāccyutaḥ ”
vāntāśyu -
vāntāśin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single]

vāntāśin (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

vāntāśī (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

vāntāśī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

vāntāśī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
ulkāmukhaḥ -
ulkāmukha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
preto* -
pretṛ (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

preta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√pre (verb class 2)

[present active third dual]
vipro* -
vipra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
dharmāt -
dharmāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

dharma (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
svakāc -
svaka (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

svaka (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
cyutaḥ -
cyut (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

cyut (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

cyuta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “amedhyakuṇapāśī ca kṣatriyaḥ kaṭapūtanaḥ ”
amedhyakuṇapāśī -
amedhyakuṇapāśin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kṣatriyaḥ -
kṣatriya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kaṭapūtanaḥ -
kaṭapūtana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023