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 2.44

कार्पासमुपवीतं स्याद्विप्रस्यौर्ध्ववृतं त्रिवृत् ।
शणसूत्रमयं राज्ञो वैश्यस्याविकसौत्रिकम् ॥ ४४ ॥

kārpāsamupavītaṃ syādviprasyaurdhvavṛtaṃ trivṛt |
śaṇasūtramayaṃ rājño vaiśyasyāvikasautrikam || 44 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 2.44 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 (2.44). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Karpasa, Upavita, Syat, Sya, Vipra, Dhu, Avrita, Trivrit, Shanasutramaya, Rajan, Vaishya, Avikasautrika,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 2.44). 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: “kārpāsamupavītaṃ syādviprasyaurdhvavṛtaṃ trivṛt
  • kārpāsam -
  • kārpāsa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kārpāsa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • upavītam -
  • upavīta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    upavīta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    upavītā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • syād -
  • syāt (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    syāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [optative active third single]
  • viprasyau -
  • vipra (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    vipra (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • aur -
  • o (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
    au (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
    au (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
    u (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active second single]
  • dhva -
  • dhu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    dhū (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
  • avṛtam -
  • avṛta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    avṛta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    avṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    vṛt (verb class 1)
    [aorist active first single]
  • trivṛt -
  • trivṛt (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    trivṛt (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “śaṇasūtramayaṃ rājño vaiśyasyāvikasautrikam
  • śaṇasūtramayam -
  • śaṇasūtramaya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śaṇasūtramaya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • rājño* -
  • rājan (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • vaiśyasyā -
  • vaiśya (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    vaiśya (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • āvikasautrikam -
  • āvikasautrika (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    āvikasautrika (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    āvikasautrikā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
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