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 12.86

षण्णामेषां तु सर्वेषां कर्मणां प्रेत्य चैह च ।
श्रेयस्करतरं ज्ञेयं सर्वदा कर्म वैदिकम् ॥ ८६ ॥

ṣaṇṇāmeṣāṃ tu sarveṣāṃ karmaṇāṃ pretya caiha ca |
śreyaskarataraṃ jñeyaṃ sarvadā karma vaidikam || 86 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 12.86 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 (12.86). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shanna, Ama, Ish, Isha, Sarva, Karman, Pretya, Eha, Shreyaskaratara, Jneya, Sarvada, Vaidika,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 12.86). 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: “ṣaṇṇāmeṣāṃ tu sarveṣāṃ karmaṇāṃ pretya caiha ca
  • ṣaṇṇā -
  • ṣaṇṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ṣaṇṇa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ame -
  • ama (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    ama (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    amā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • iṣām -
  • iṣ (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
    iṣ (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    iṣ (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    iṣā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • sarveṣām -
  • sarva (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    sarva (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
  • karmaṇām -
  • karman (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
  • pretya -
  • pretya (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • cai -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • eha -
  • eha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “śreyaskarataraṃ jñeyaṃ sarvadā karma vaidikam
  • śreyaskarataram -
  • śreyaskaratara (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śreyaskaratara (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    śreyaskaratarā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • jñeyam -
  • jñeya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    jñeya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    jñeyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    jñā -> jñeya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √jñā class 3 verb], [accusative single from √jñā class 9 verb]
    jñā -> jñeya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √jñā class 3 verb], [accusative single from √jñā class 3 verb], [nominative single from √jñā class 9 verb], [accusative single from √jñā class 9 verb]
  • sarvadā -
  • sarvadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sarvadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • karma -
  • karman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • vaidikam -
  • vaidika (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vaidika (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
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