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 1.15

महान्तमेव चात्मानं सर्वाणि त्रिगुणानि च ।
विषयाणां ग्रहीतॄणि शनैः पञ्चैन्द्रियाणि च ॥ १५ ॥

mahāntameva cātmānaṃ sarvāṇi triguṇāni ca |
viṣayāṇāṃ grahītṝṇi śanaiḥ pañcaindriyāṇi ca || 15 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 1.15 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 (1.15). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Mahat, Mahanta, Eva, Mana, Sarva, Sarvani, Triguna, Vishaya, Grahitri, Shanaih, Shana, Panca, Pancan, Aindriya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.15). 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: “mahāntameva cātmānaṃ sarvāṇi triguṇāni ca
  • mahāntam -
  • mahat (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    mahānta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    mahānta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    mahāntā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • cāt -
  • ca (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • mānam -
  • māna (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    māna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    man -> māna (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √man class 4 verb], [accusative single from √man class 8 verb]
    man -> māna (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √man class 4 verb], [accusative single from √man class 4 verb], [nominative single from √man class 8 verb], [accusative single from √man class 8 verb]
  • sarvāṇi -
  • sarvāṇī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    sarva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • triguṇāni -
  • triguṇa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “viṣayāṇāṃ grahītṝṇi śanaiḥ pañcaindriyāṇi ca
  • viṣayāṇām -
  • viṣaya (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
  • grahītṝṇi -
  • grahītṛ (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • śanaiḥ -
  • śanaiḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    śana (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    śana (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • pañcai -
  • pañca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pañca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pañcan (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    pañcan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    pañcā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    pañc (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single], [imperative middle first single]
  • aindriyāṇi -
  • aindriya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
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