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 12.106

आर्षं धर्मोपदेशं च वेदशास्त्राविरोधिना ।
यस्तर्केणानुसन्धत्ते स धर्मं वेद नैतरः ॥ १०६ ॥

ārṣaṃ dharmopadeśaṃ ca vedaśāstrāvirodhinā |
yastarkeṇānusandhatte sa dharmaṃ veda naitaraḥ || 106 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 12.106 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 (12.106). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Arsha, Dharmopadesha, Vedashastra, Avirodhin, Yasta, Ric, Ena, Dharma, Veda, Nri, Aitara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 12.106). 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: “ārṣaṃ dharmopadeśaṃ ca vedaśāstrāvirodhinā
  • ārṣam -
  • ārṣa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ārṣa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    ṛṣ (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active first single]
    ṛṣ (verb class 6)
    [imperfect active first single]
  • dharmopadeśam -
  • dharmopadeśa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vedaśāstrā -
  • vedaśāstra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • avirodhinā -
  • avirodhin (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    avirodhin (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • Line 2: “yastarkeṇānusandhatte sa dharmaṃ veda naitaraḥ
  • yastar -
  • yasta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yasta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yastā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    yas -> yasta (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √yas class 4 verb]
    yas -> yasta (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √yas class 4 verb]
    yas -> yastā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √yas class 4 verb]
  • ṛk -
  • ṛc (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • eṇā -
  • eṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • anusan -
  • anusam (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • dhatte -
  • dhā (verb class 3)
    [present middle third single]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • dharmam -
  • dharma (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dharman (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    dharman (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
    dharmā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • veda -
  • veda (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vid (verb class 2)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
  • nai -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    nṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • aitaraḥ -
  • aitara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
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