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 2.90

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श्रोत्रं त्वक्चक्षुषी जिह्वा नासिका चैव पञ्चमी ।
पायूपस्थं हस्तपादं वाक्चैव दशमी स्मृता ॥ ९० ॥

śrotraṃ tvakcakṣuṣī jihvā nāsikā caiva pañcamī |
pāyūpasthaṃ hastapādaṃ vākcaiva daśamī smṛtā || 90 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 2.90 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 (2.90). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shrotra, Tvac, Cakshus, Cakshushi, Jihva, Nasika, Pancami, Pancamin, Payupastha, Hastapada, Vac, Dashami, Dashamin, Smrita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 2.90). 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: “śrotraṃ tvakcakṣuṣī jihvā nāsikā caiva pañcamī ”
śrotram -
śrotra (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
tvak -
tvac (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
cakṣuṣī -
cakṣus (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

√kṣai -> cakṣuṣī (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √kṣai class 1 verb]
jihvā* -
jihva (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

jihvā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
nāsikā -
nāsikā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
pañcamī -
pañcamī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

pañcamin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “pāyūpasthaṃ hastapādaṃ vākcaiva daśamī smṛtā ”
pāyūpastham -
pāyūpastha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
hastapādam -
hastapāda (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
vāk -
vāc (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
daśamī -
daśamī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

daśamin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
smṛtā -
smṛtā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√smṛ -> smṛtā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023