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 3.30

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सहौभौ चरतां धर्ममिति वाचाऽनुभाष्य च ।
कन्याप्रदानमभ्यर्च्य प्राजापत्यो विधिः स्मृतः ॥ ३० ॥

sahaubhau caratāṃ dharmamiti vācā'nubhāṣya ca |
kanyāpradānamabhyarcya prājāpatyo vidhiḥ smṛtaḥ || 30 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 3.30 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 (3.30). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Saha, Sah, Sahu, Bha, Bhu, Dharma, Iti, Anubha, Kanyapradana, Abhyarcya, Prajapati, Prajapatya, Vidhi, Smrita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 3.30). 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: “sahaubhau caratāṃ dharmamiti vācā'nubhāṣya ca ”
sahau -
saha (noun, masculine)

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

sah (noun, masculine)

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

sahu (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
bhau -
bha (noun, masculine)

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

bhā (noun, masculine)

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

bhu (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

bhu (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
caratām -
√car (verb class 1)

[imperative active third dual]
dharmam -
dharma (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

dharman (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

dharman (noun, neuter)

[adverb]

dharmā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
vācā' -
anubhā -
anubha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

anubha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

anubhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aṣya -
√aṣ -> aṣya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √aṣ]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Line 2: “kanyāpradānamabhyarcya prājāpatyo vidhiḥ smṛtaḥ ”
kanyāpradānam -
kanyāpradāna (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

abhyarcya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
prājāpatyo* -
prājāpatī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

prājāpatya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vidhiḥ -
vidhi (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

vidhi (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
smṛtaḥ -
smṛta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√smṛ -> smṛta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023