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 1.106

इदं स्वस्त्ययनं श्रेष्ठमिदं बुद्धिविवर्धनम् ।
इदं यशस्यमायुष्यं इदं निःश्रेयसं परम् ॥ १०६ ॥

idaṃ svastyayanaṃ śreṣṭhamidaṃ buddhivivardhanam |
idaṃ yaśasyamāyuṣyaṃ idaṃ niḥśreyasaṃ param || 106 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 1.106 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 (1.106). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Idam, Svastyayana, Shreshtha, Buddhivivardhana, Yashasya, Ayushya, Nihshreyasa, Param, Para,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.106). 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: “idaṃ svastyayanaṃ śreṣṭhamidaṃ buddhivivardhanam
  • idam -
  • idam (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • svastyayanam -
  • svastyayana (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    svastyayana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • śreṣṭham -
  • śreṣṭha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śreṣṭha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    śreṣṭhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • idam -
  • idam (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • buddhivivardhanam -
  • buddhivivardhana (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    buddhivivardhana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    buddhivivardhanā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “idaṃ yaśasyamāyuṣyaṃ idaṃ niḥśreyasaṃ param
  • idam -
  • idam (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • yaśasyam -
  • yaśasya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    yaśasya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    yaśasyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • āyuṣyam -
  • āyuṣya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    āyuṣya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    āyuṣyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • idam -
  • idam (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • niḥśreyasam -
  • niḥśreyasa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    niḥśreyasa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • param -
  • param (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    para (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    para (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
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