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 3.54

यासां नाददते शुल्कं ज्ञातयो न स विक्रयः ।
अर्हणं तत्कुमारीणामानृशंस्यं च केवलम् ॥ ५४ ॥

yāsāṃ nādadate śulkaṃ jñātayo na sa vikrayaḥ |
arhaṇaṃ tatkumārīṇāmānṛśaṃsyaṃ ca kevalam || 54 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 3.54 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 (3.54). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yasa, Nada, Dat, Shulka, Jnati, Vikraya, Arhana, Tat, Tad, Kumari, Anrishamsya, Kevalam, Kevala,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 3.54). 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: “yāsāṃ nādadate śulkaṃ jñātayo na sa vikrayaḥ
  • yāsām -
  • yāsā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • nāda -
  • nāda (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • date -
  • dat (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
  • śulkam -
  • śulka (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śulka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • jñātayo* -
  • jñāti (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • vikrayaḥ -
  • vikraya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “arhaṇaṃ tatkumārīṇāmānṛśaṃsyaṃ ca kevalam
  • arhaṇam -
  • arhaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    arhaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    arhaṇā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • tat -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • kumārīṇām -
  • kumārī (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
    kumārī (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    kumārī (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
  • ānṛśaṃsyam -
  • ānṛśaṃsya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ānṛśaṃsya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    ānṛśaṃsyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kevalam -
  • kevalam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kevala (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kevala (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    kevalā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
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