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 3.26

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पृथक्पृथग्वा मिश्रौ वा विवाहौ पूर्वचोदितौ ।
गान्धर्वो राक्षसश्चैव धर्म्यौ क्षत्रस्य तौ स्मृतौ ॥ २६ ॥

pṛthakpṛthagvā miśrau vā vivāhau pūrvacoditau |
gāndharvo rākṣasaścaiva dharmyau kṣatrasya tau smṛtau || 26 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 3.26 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 (3.26). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Prithak, Var, Mishra, Vivaha, Purvacodita, Gandharva, Rakshasa, Dharmya, Dharmi, Kshatra, Smrita, Smriti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 3.26). 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: “pṛthakpṛthagvā miśrau vā vivāhau pūrvacoditau ”
pṛthak -
pṛthak (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
pṛthag -
pṛthak (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
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]
miśrau -
miśra (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
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]
vivāhau -
vivāha (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
pūrvacoditau -
pūrvacodita (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
Line 2: “gāndharvo rākṣasaścaiva dharmyau kṣatrasya tau smṛtau ”
gāndharvo* -
gāndharva (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
rākṣasaś -
rākṣasa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
dharmyau -
dharmya (noun, masculine)

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

dharmī (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
kṣatrasya -
kṣatra (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
tau -
ta (noun, masculine)

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

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
smṛtau -
smṛta (noun, masculine)

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

smṛti (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

√smṛ -> smṛta (participle, masculine)

[nominative dual from √smṛ class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √smṛ class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √smṛ class 1 verb]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023