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 3.127

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प्रथिता प्रेतकृत्यैषा पित्र्यं नाम विधुक्षये ।
तस्मिन्युक्तस्यैति नित्यं प्रेतकृत्यैव लौकिकी ॥ १२७ ॥

prathitā pretakṛtyaiṣā pitryaṃ nāma vidhukṣaye |
tasminyuktasyaiti nityaṃ pretakṛtyaiva laukikī || 127 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 3.127 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 (3.127). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Prathita, Pretakritya, Pitrya, Naman, Vidhukshaya, Tad, Yukta, Nityam, Nitya, Laukiki,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 3.127). 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: “prathitā pretakṛtyaiṣā pitryaṃ nāma vidhukṣaye ”
prathitā -
prathitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√prath -> prathitā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √prath class 1 verb], [nominative single from √prath class 10 verb], [nominative single from √prath]

√prath (verb class 1)

[periphrastic-future active third single]
pretakṛtyai -
pretakṛtya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
aiṣā -
pitryam -
pitrya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

pitrya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

pitryā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
nāma -
nāman (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
vidhukṣaye -
vidhukṣaya (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
Line 2: “tasminyuktasyaiti nityaṃ pretakṛtyaiva laukikī ”
tasmin -
tad (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
yuktasyai -
yukta (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

yukta (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

√yuj -> yukta (participle, masculine)

[genitive single from √yuj class 7 verb]

√yuj -> yukta (participle, neuter)

[genitive single from √yuj class 7 verb]
eti -
eti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

√i (verb class 2)

[present active third single]
nityam -
nityam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

nitya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

nitya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

nityā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
pretakṛtyai -
pretakṛtya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
laukikī -
laukikī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023