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 3.51

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न कन्यायाः पिता विद्वान् गृह्णीयात् शुल्कमण्वपि ।
गृह्णंशुल्कं हि लोभेन स्यान्नरोऽपत्यविक्रयी ॥ ५१ ॥

na kanyāyāḥ pitā vidvān gṛhṇīyāt śulkamaṇvapi |
gṛhṇaṃśulkaṃ hi lobhena syānnaro'patyavikrayī || 51 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 3.51 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 (3.51). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kanya, Pitri, Vidvas, Shulka, Anu, Anva, Api, Grihna, Lobha, Syat, Sya, Nara, Nri, Apatyavikrayin,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 3.51). 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: “na kanyāyāḥ pitā vidvān gṛhṇīyāt śulkamaṇvapi ”
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kanyāyāḥ -
kanyā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
pitā -
pitṛ (noun, masculine)

[compound], [nominative single]
vidvān -
vidvas (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√vid -> vidvas (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √vid class 2 verb]
gṛhṇīyāt -
√grah (verb class 9)

[optative active third single]
śulkam -
śulka (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śulka (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
aṇva -
aṇu (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

aṇu (noun, masculine)

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

aṇu (noun, neuter)

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

aṇva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

api (Preverb)

[Preverb]
Line 2: “gṛhṇaṃśulkaṃ hi lobhena syānnaro'patyavikrayī ”
gṛhṇaṃ -
gṛhṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

gṛhṇa (noun, neuter)

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

[adverb], [accusative single]

śulka (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
lobhena -
lobha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
syān -
syāt (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

syāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[optative active third single]
naro' -
nara (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

nṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
apatyavikrayī -
apatyavikrayin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023