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 1.69

चत्वार्याहुः सहस्राणि वर्षाणां तत्कृतं युगम् ।
तस्य तावत्शती सन्ध्या सन्ध्यांशश्च तथाविधः ॥ ६९ ॥

catvāryāhuḥ sahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ tatkṛtaṃ yugam |
tasya tāvatśatī sandhyā sandhyāṃśaśca tathāvidhaḥ || 69 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 1.69 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 (1.69). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Catu, Arya, Sahasra, Varsha, Tat, Tad, Krit, Krita, Yuga, Tavat, Shati, Shatin, Sandhi, Sandhya, Sandhyamsha, Tathavidha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.69). 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: “catvāryāhuḥ sahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ tatkṛtaṃ yugam
  • catvā -
  • catu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    catu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    catu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]
  • āryā -
  • ārya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ārya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ār -> ārya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √ār]
    āryā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    ār (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single]
  • āhuḥ -
  • ah (verb class 5)
    [perfect active third plural]
  • sahasrāṇi -
  • sahasra (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • varṣāṇām -
  • varṣa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    varṣa (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    varṣā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • tat -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • kṛtam -
  • kṛta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kṛta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    kṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    kṛt (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    kṛ -> kṛta (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]
    kṛ -> kṛta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]
    kṛ (verb class 2)
    [imperative active second dual]
  • yugam -
  • yuga (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “tasya tāvatśatī sandhyā sandhyāṃśaśca tathāvidhaḥ
  • tasya -
  • tas -> tasya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √tas]
    ta (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    tas (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single]
  • tāvat -
  • tāvat (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tāvat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tāvat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    tāvat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • śatī -
  • śatī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    śatin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sandhyā -
  • sandhi (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    sandhyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • sandhyāṃśaś -
  • sandhyāṃśa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tathāvidhaḥ -
  • tathāvidha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
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