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 3.197

सोमपा नाम विप्राणां क्षत्रियाणां हविर्भुजः ।
वैश्यानामाज्यपा नाम शूद्राणां तु सुकालिनः ॥ १९७ ॥

somapā nāma viprāṇāṃ kṣatriyāṇāṃ havirbhujaḥ |
vaiśyānāmājyapā nāma śūdrāṇāṃ tu sukālinaḥ || 197 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 3.197 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 (3.197). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Somapa, Naman, Vipra, Kshatriya, Havirbhuj, Vaishya, Ajyapa, Shudra, Sukalin, Sukalina, Sukali,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 3.197). 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: “somapā nāma viprāṇāṃ kṣatriyāṇāṃ havirbhujaḥ
  • somapā* -
  • somapa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    somapā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    somapā (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [nominative plural], [vocative single], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • nāma -
  • nāman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • viprāṇām -
  • vipra (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    vipra (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    viprā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • kṣatriyāṇām -
  • kṣatriya (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    kṣatriya (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    kṣatriyā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • havirbhujaḥ -
  • havirbhuj (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 2: “vaiśyānāmājyapā nāma śūdrāṇāṃ tu sukālinaḥ
  • vaiśyānām -
  • vaiśya (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    vaiśya (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    vaiśyā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • ājyapā* -
  • ājyapa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    ājyapā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • nāma -
  • nāman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • śūdrāṇām -
  • śūdra (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    śūdrā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • sukālinaḥ -
  • sukālin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    sukālina (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    sukālī (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
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