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 2.12

< Previous

Next >

वेदः स्मृतिः सदाचारः स्वस्य च प्रियमात्मनः ।
एतच्चतुर्विधं प्राहुः साक्षाद्धर्मस्य लक्षणम् ॥ १२ ॥

vedaḥ smṛtiḥ sadācāraḥ svasya ca priyamātmanaḥ |
etaccaturvidhaṃ prāhuḥ sākṣāddharmasya lakṣaṇam || 12 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 2.12 is contained in the book Manusmrti (Sanskrit and English) by Ganganath Jha. This book is available online or you could buy the latest edition:
Read online Buy now! The Sanskrit text by Ganganath Jha (1999)

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (2.12). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Veda, Vedas, Smriti, Sadacara, Sva, Priyam, Pri, Priya, Atman, Etad, Caturvidha, Pra, Ahu, Sakshaddharma, Lakshana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 2.12). 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: “vedaḥ smṛtiḥ sadācāraḥ svasya ca priyamātmanaḥ ”
vedaḥ -
vedas (noun, neuter)

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

veda (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
smṛtiḥ -
smṛti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
sadācāraḥ -
sadācāra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
svasya -
sva (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

sva (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
priyam -
priyam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

priya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

priya (noun, neuter)

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

priyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

prī (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

prī (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
ātmanaḥ -
ātman (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
Line 2: “etaccaturvidhaṃ prāhuḥ sākṣāddharmasya lakṣaṇam ”
etac -
etad (noun, masculine)

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

etad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
caturvidham -
caturvidha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

caturvidha (noun, neuter)

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

caturvidhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
prā -
pra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

prā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

pra (Preverb)

[Preverb]

prā (Preverb)

[Preverb]
ahuḥ -
ahu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

ahu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√hā (verb class 1)

[aorist active third plural]

√hā (verb class 3)

[aorist active third plural]
sākṣāddharmasya -
sākṣāddharma (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]
lakṣaṇam -
lakṣaṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

lakṣaṇa (noun, neuter)

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

lakṣaṇā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023