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 3.23

षडानुपूर्व्या विप्रस्य क्षत्रस्य चतुरोऽवरान् ।
विश्।शूद्रयोस्तु तानेव विद्याद्धर्म्यानराक्षसान् ॥ २३ ॥

ṣaḍānupūrvyā viprasya kṣatrasya caturo'varān |
viś|śūdrayostu tāneva vidyāddharmyānarākṣasān || 23 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 3.23 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 (3.23). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shada, Anupurvya, Anupurvi, Vipra, Kshatra, Catur, Catura, Avara, Shudra, Tana, Iva, Vidya, Harmya, Arakshasa,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 3.23). 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: “ṣaḍānupūrvyā viprasya kṣatrasya caturo'varān
  • ṣaḍā -
  • ṣaḍa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ṣaḍa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • anupūrvyā* -
  • anupūrvya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    anupūrvyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    anupūrvī (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • viprasya -
  • vipra (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    vipra (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • kṣatrasya -
  • kṣatra (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • caturo' -
  • catur (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    catura (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • avarān -
  • avara (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “viś|śūdrayostu tāneva vidyāddharmyānarākṣasān
  • viś -
  • vi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • śūdrayos -
  • śūdra (noun, masculine)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
    śūdrā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • tāne -
  • tāna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
  • iva -
  • iva (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iva (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • vidyāddh -
  • vidya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    vid (verb class 2)
    [optative active third single]
  • harmyān -
  • harmya (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • arākṣasān -
  • arākṣasa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
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