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 3.24

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चतुरो ब्राह्मणस्याद्यान्प्रशस्तान् कवयो विदुः ।
राक्षसं क्षत्रियस्यैकमासुरं वैश्यशूद्रयोः ॥ २४ ॥

caturo brāhmaṇasyādyānpraśastān kavayo viduḥ |
rākṣasaṃ kṣatriyasyaikamāsuraṃ vaiśyaśūdrayoḥ || 24 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 3.24 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 (3.24). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Catur, Catura, Brahmana, Adya, Prashasta, Kavi, Vidu, Vidus, Rakshasa, Kshatriya, Aika, Asura, Vaishya, Shudra,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 3.24). 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: “caturo brāhmaṇasyādyānpraśastān kavayo viduḥ ”
caturo* -
catur (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

catura (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
brāhmaṇasyā -
brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

brāhmaṇa (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
adyān -
adya (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
praśastān -
praśasta (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
kavayo* -
kavi (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

kavi (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
viduḥ -
vidus (noun, masculine)

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

vidus (noun, neuter)

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

vidu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

vidu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vid (verb class 2)

[perfect active third plural]
Line 2: “rākṣasaṃ kṣatriyasyaikamāsuraṃ vaiśyaśūdrayoḥ ”
rākṣasam -
rākṣasa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

rākṣasa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
kṣatriyasyai -
kṣatriya (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

kṣatriya (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
aikam -
aika (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

aika (noun, neuter)

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

aikā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
āsuram -
āsura (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

āsura (noun, neuter)

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

āsurā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
vaiśya -
vaiśya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vaiśya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śūdrayoḥ -
śūdra (noun, masculine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

śūdrā (noun, feminine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023