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 3.175

तौ तु जातौ परक्षेत्रे प्राणिनौ प्रेत्य चैह च ।
दत्तानि हव्यकव्यानि नाशयन्ति प्रदायिनाम् ॥ १७५ ॥

tau tu jātau parakṣetre prāṇinau pretya caiha ca |
dattāni havyakavyāni nāśayanti pradāyinām || 175 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 3.175 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 (3.175). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Jata, Jati, Jatu, Parakshetra, Pranin, Pranina, Pretya, Eha, Datta, Havyakavya, Nashayat, Nashayanti, Pradayin,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 3.175). 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: “tau tu jātau parakṣetre prāṇinau pretya caiha ca
  • tau -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • jātau -
  • jāta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    jāti (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    jan -> jāta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative dual from √jan class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √jan class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √jan class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √jan class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √jan class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √jan class 2 verb], [nominative dual from √jan class 3 verb], [vocative dual from √jan class 3 verb], [accusative dual from √jan class 3 verb], [nominative dual from √jan class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √jan class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √jan class 4 verb]
    jātu (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    jātu (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • parakṣetre -
  • parakṣetra (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • prāṇinau -
  • prāṇin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    prāṇina (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • pretya -
  • pretya (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • cai -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • eha -
  • eha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “dattāni havyakavyāni nāśayanti pradāyinām
  • dattāni -
  • datta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • havyakavyāni -
  • havyakavya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • nāśayanti -
  • naś -> nāśayantī (participle, feminine)
    [adverb from √naś]
    naś -> nāśayantī (participle, feminine)
    [adverb from √naś]
    naś -> nāśayat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √naś], [vocative plural from √naś], [accusative plural from √naś]
    naś -> nāśayantī (participle, feminine)
    [vocative single from √naś]
    naś -> nāśayat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √naś], [vocative plural from √naś], [accusative plural from √naś]
    naś -> nāśayantī (participle, feminine)
    [vocative single from √naś]
    naś (verb class 0)
    [present active third plural]
    naś (verb class 0)
    [present active third plural]
  • pradāyinām -
  • pradāyin (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    pradāyin (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
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