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 2.60

त्रिराचामेदपः पूर्वं द्विः प्रमृज्यात्ततो मुखम् ।
खानि चैव स्पृशेदद्भिरात्मानं शिर एव च ॥ ६० ॥

trirācāmedapaḥ pūrvaṃ dviḥ pramṛjyāttato mukham |
khāni caiva spṛśedadbhirātmānaṃ śira eva ca || 60 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 2.60 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 (2.60). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Trih, Tri, Acama, Purvam, Purva, Dvih, Pram, Pra, Atta, Tas, Mukha, Kha, Atman, Shira, Shiras, Eva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 2.60). 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: “trirācāmedapaḥ pūrvaṃ dviḥ pramṛjyāttato mukham
  • trir -
  • triḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    triḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tri (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ācāme -
  • ācāma (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • da -
  • da (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    da (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • paḥ -
  • pa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • pūrvam -
  • pūrvam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    pūrva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pūrva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • dviḥ -
  • dviḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    dviḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • pram -
  • pram (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    pra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    prā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ṛjyā -
  • ṛñj -> ṛjya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √ṛñj]
    ṛñj -> ṛjya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √ṛñj]
    ṛñj -> ṛjya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √ṛñj]
    ṛñj -> ṛjya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √ṛñj]
  • atta -
  • atta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    atta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ad (verb class 2)
    [imperative active second plural]
  • to* -
  • tas (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • mukham -
  • mukha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    mukha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “khāni caiva spṛśedadbhirātmānaṃ śira eva ca
  • khāni -
  • khāni (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    kha (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • cai -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • spṛśed -
  • spṛś (verb class 6)
    [optative active third single]
  • adbhir -
  • ap (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental plural]
    ad (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    ad (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • ātmānam -
  • ātman (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • śira* -
  • śiras (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    śira (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
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