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 3.81

स्वाध्यायेनार्चयेतऋषीन् होमैर्देवान्यथाविधि ।
पितॄंश्राद्धैश्च नॄनन्नैर्भूतानि बलिकर्मणा ॥ ८१ ॥

svādhyāyenārcayetaṛṣīn homairdevānyathāvidhi |
pitṝṃśrāddhaiśca nṝnannairbhūtāni balikarmaṇā || 81 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 3.81 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 (3.81). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Svadhyaya, Rishi, Homa, Deva, Atha, Nri, Anna, Bhuta, Bhutani, Balikarman,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 3.81). 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: “svādhyāyenārcayetaṛṣīn homairdevānyathāvidhi
  • svādhyāyenā -
  • svādhyāya (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    svādhyāya (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • arcayeta -
  • ṛc (verb class 0)
    [optative active second plural], [optative middle third single]
    ṛc (verb class 0)
    [optative active second plural], [optative middle third single]
  • ṛṣīn -
  • ṛṣi (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • homair -
  • homa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • devānya -
  • deva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    div (verb class 1)
    [imperative active first single]
  • athā -
  • athā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    atha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • avidhi -
  • avidhi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • Line 2: “pitṝṃśrāddhaiśca nṝnannairbhūtāni balikarmaṇā
  • Cannot analyse pitṝṃśrāddhaiśca*nṝ
  • nṝn -
  • nṛ (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • annair -
  • anna (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    anna (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • bhūtāni -
  • bhūtāni (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    bhūtāni (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    bhūtāni (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    bhūta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • balikarmaṇā -
  • balikarman (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
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