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 2.247

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आचार्ये तु खलु प्रेते गुरुपुत्रे गुणान्विते ।
गुरुदारे सपिण्डे वा गुरुवद्वृत्तिमाचरेत् ॥ २४७ ॥

ācārye tu khalu prete guruputre guṇānvite |
gurudāre sapiṇḍe vā guruvadvṛttimācaret || 247 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 2.247 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 (2.247). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Acarya, Khalu, Preta, Preti, Guruputra, Gunanvita, Gurudara, Sapinda, Var, Guruvadvritti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 2.247). 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: “ācārye tu khalu prete guruputre guṇānvite ”
ācārye -
ācārya (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ācāryā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
khalu -
khalu (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

khalu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

khalu (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

khalu (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
prete -
preta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

preta (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

pretā (noun, feminine)

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

preti (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

√pre (verb class 2)

[present middle third single]
guruputre -
guruputra (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
guṇānvite -
guṇānvita (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

guṇānvita (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

guṇānvitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
Line 2: “gurudāre sapiṇḍe vā guruvadvṛttimācaret ”
gurudāre -
gurudāra (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
sapiṇḍe -
sapiṇḍa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
vā* -
vār (noun, masculine)

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

vār (noun, neuter)

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

va (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vā (noun, feminine)

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

[accusative single]
ā -
ā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

ā (Preverb)

[Preverb]
caret -
√car (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023