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 3.16

शूद्रावेदी पतत्यत्रेरुतथ्यतनयस्य च ।
शौनकस्य सुतोत्पत्त्या तदपत्यतया भृगोः ॥ १६ ॥

śūdrāvedī patatyatrerutathyatanayasya ca |
śaunakasya sutotpattyā tadapatyatayā bhṛgoḥ || 16 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 3.16 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 (3.16). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shudravedin, Patat, Atri, Utathyatanaya, Shaunaka, Sutotpatti, Tadapatyata, Bhrigu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 3.16). 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: “śūdrāvedī patatyatrerutathyatanayasya ca
  • śūdrāvedī -
  • śūdrāvedin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • patatya -
  • patat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    patat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    pat -> patat (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √pat class 1 verb]
    pat -> patat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √pat class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √pat class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √pat class 1 verb], [locative single from √pat class 1 verb]
    pat (verb class 1)
    [present active third single]
  • atrer -
  • atri (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • utathyatanayasya -
  • utathyatanaya (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “śaunakasya sutotpattyā tadapatyatayā bhṛgoḥ
  • śaunakasya -
  • śaunaka (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
  • sutotpattyā -
  • sutotpatti (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • tadapatyatayā -
  • tadapatyatā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • bhṛgoḥ -
  • bhṛgu (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
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