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 2.246

क्षेत्रं हिरण्यं गामश्वं चत्रौपानहमासनम् ।
धान्यं शाकं च वासांसि गुरवे प्रीतिमावहेत् ॥ २४६ ॥

kṣetraṃ hiraṇyaṃ gāmaśvaṃ catraupānahamāsanam |
dhānyaṃ śākaṃ ca vāsāṃsi gurave prītimāvahet || 246 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 2.246 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 (2.246). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kshetra, Hiranya, Ashva, Tra, Tri, Pana, Hama, Asana, Dhanya, Shaka, Vasas, Guru, Priti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 2.246). 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: “kṣetraṃ hiraṇyaṃ gāmaśvaṃ catraupānahamāsanam
  • kṣetram -
  • kṣetra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • hiraṇyam -
  • hiraṇya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    hiraṇya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    hiraṇyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • gām -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    go (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    (verb class 2)
    [injunctive active first single]
    (verb class 3)
    [injunctive active first single]
  • aśvam -
  • aśva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    aśvā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    śū (verb class 1)
    [aorist active first single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • trau -
  • tra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tri (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • pāna -
  • pāna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pāna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • hamā -
  • hama (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • asanam -
  • asana (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    asana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    asanā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    san (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active first single]
  • Line 2: “dhānyaṃ śākaṃ ca vāsāṃsi gurave prītimāvahet
  • dhānyam -
  • dhānya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dhānya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    dhānyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • śākam -
  • śāka (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śāka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    śākā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vāsāṃsi -
  • vāsas (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • gurave -
  • guru (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
  • prītim -
  • prīti (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • ā -
  • ā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    ā (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • vahet -
  • vah (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
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