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 12.83

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वेदाभ्यासस्तपो ज्ञानमिन्द्रियाणां च संयमः ।
अहिंसा गुरुसेवा च निःश्रेयसकरं परम् ॥ ८३ ॥

vedābhyāsastapo jñānamindriyāṇāṃ ca saṃyamaḥ |
ahiṃsā gurusevā ca niḥśreyasakaraṃ param || 83 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 12.83 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 (12.83). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vedabhyasa, Tap, Tapa, Tapas, Jnana, Indriya, Samyama, Ahimsa, Guruseva, Nihshreyasakara, Param, Para,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 12.83). 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: “vedābhyāsastapo jñānamindriyāṇāṃ ca saṃyamaḥ ”
vedābhyāsas -
vedābhyāsa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tapo* -
tapas (noun, neuter)

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

tap (noun, masculine)

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

tap (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

tapa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
jñānam -
jñāna (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

jñānā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
indriyāṇām -
indriya (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

indriya (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

indriyā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
saṃyamaḥ -
saṃyama (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “ahiṃsā gurusevā ca niḥśreyasakaraṃ param ”
ahiṃsā* -
ahiṃsā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
gurusevā -
gurusevā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
niḥśreyasakaram -
niḥśreyasakara (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

niḥśreyasakara (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

niḥśreyasakarā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
param -
param (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

para (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

para (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023