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 12.109

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धर्मेणाधिगतो यैस्तु वेदः सपरिबृंहणः ।
ते शिष्टा ब्राह्मणा ज्ञेयाः श्रुतिप्रत्यक्षहेतवः ॥ १०९ ॥

dharmeṇādhigato yaistu vedaḥ saparibṛṃhaṇaḥ |
te śiṣṭā brāhmaṇā jñeyāḥ śrutipratyakṣahetavaḥ || 109 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 12.109 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 (12.109). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dharmena, Dharma, Adhigata, Yah, Yat, Veda, Vedas, Saparibrimhana, Tad, Yushmad, Shishta, Brahmana, Jneya, Shrut, Shrutin, Shruti, Pratyaksha, Hetu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 12.109). 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: “dharmeṇādhigato yaistu vedaḥ saparibṛṃhaṇaḥ ”
dharmeṇā -
dharmeṇa (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

dharma (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
adhigato* -
adhigata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
yais -
ya (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
vedaḥ -
vedas (noun, neuter)

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

veda (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
saparibṛṃhaṇaḥ -
saparibṛṃhaṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “te śiṣṭā brāhmaṇā jñeyāḥ śrutipratyakṣahetavaḥ ”
te -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

tā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
śiṣṭā* -
śiṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

śiṣṭā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√śās -> śiṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √śās class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √śās class 2 verb]

√śās -> śiṣṭā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √śās class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √śās class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √śās class 2 verb]

√śiṣ -> śiṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √śiṣ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √śiṣ class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √śiṣ class 7 verb], [vocative plural from √śiṣ class 7 verb]

√śiṣ -> śiṣṭā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √śiṣ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √śiṣ class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √śiṣ class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √śiṣ class 7 verb], [vocative plural from √śiṣ class 7 verb], [accusative plural from √śiṣ class 7 verb]
brāhmaṇā* -
brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

brāhmaṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
jñeyāḥ -
jñeya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

jñeyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√jñā -> jñeya (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √jñā class 3 verb], [vocative plural from √jñā class 3 verb], [nominative plural from √jñā class 9 verb], [vocative plural from √jñā class 9 verb]

√jñā -> jñeyā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √jñā class 3 verb], [vocative plural from √jñā class 3 verb], [accusative plural from √jñā class 3 verb], [nominative plural from √jñā class 9 verb], [vocative plural from √jñā class 9 verb], [accusative plural from √jñā class 9 verb]
śruti -
śruti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

śrutin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

śrutin (noun, neuter)

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

śrutī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

śrutī (noun, feminine)

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

śrutī (noun, neuter)

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

śrut (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

śrut (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

śrut (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
pratyakṣa -
pratyakṣa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pratyakṣa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
hetavaḥ -
hetu (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023