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 1.9

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तदण्डमभवद्धैमं सहस्रांशुसमप्रभम् ।
तस्मिञ्जज्ञे स्वयं ब्रह्मा सर्वलोकपितामहः ॥ ९ ॥

tadaṇḍamabhavaddhaimaṃ sahasrāṃśusamaprabham |
tasmiñjajñe svayaṃ brahmā sarvalokapitāmahaḥ || 9 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 1.9 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 (1.9). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tadam, Tada, Dama, Bhavat, Bhavant, Haima, Sahasramshusama, Prabha, Tad, Jajni, Svayam, Brahma, Sarvalokapitamaha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.9). 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: “tadaṇḍamabhavaddhaimaṃ sahasrāṃśusamaprabham ”
tadaṇ -
tadam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tadā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

tada (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

tada (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
ḍama -
ḍama (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

√ḍam (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
bhavaddh -
bhavat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

bhavat (noun, neuter)

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

bhavant (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
haimam -
haima (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

haima (noun, neuter)

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

haimā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
sahasrāṃśusama -
sahasrāṃśusama (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sahasrāṃśusama (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
prabham -
prabhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

prabha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

prabha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “tasmiñjajñe svayaṃ brahmā sarvalokapitāmahaḥ ”
tasmiñ -
tad (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
jajñe -
jajñi (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

jajñi (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

√jan (verb class 1)

[perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]

√jan (verb class 2)

[perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]

√jan (verb class 3)

[perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]

√jan (verb class 4)

[perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]

√jñā (verb class 3)

[perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]

√jñā (verb class 9)

[perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]
svayam -
svayam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
brahmā -
brahmā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
sarvalokapitāmahaḥ -
sarvalokapitāmaha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023