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 3.257

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मुन्यन्नानि पयः सोमो मांसं यच्चानुपस्कृतम् ।
अक्सारलवणं चैव प्रकृत्या हविरुच्यते ॥ २५७ ॥

munyannāni payaḥ somo māṃsaṃ yaccānupaskṛtam |
aksāralavaṇaṃ caiva prakṛtyā havirucyate || 257 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 3.257 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 (3.257). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Munyanna, Payas, Paya, Soma, Mamsa, Yat, Yad, Upaskrita, Prakriti, Havis, Ucyat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 3.257). 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: “munyannāni payaḥ somo māṃsaṃ yaccānupaskṛtam ”
munyannāni -
munyanna (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
payaḥ -
payas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

paya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
somo* -
soma (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
māṃsam -
māṃsa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

māṃsa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
yac -
yat (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

yad (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

yat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

√i -> yat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
cān -
ca (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
upaskṛtam -
upaskṛta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

upaskṛta (noun, neuter)

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

upaskṛtā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “aksāralavaṇaṃ caiva prakṛtyā havirucyate ”
Cannot analyse aksāralavaṇam*ca
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
prakṛtyā* -
prakṛti (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
havir -
havis (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
ucyate -
√uc -> ucyat (participle, masculine)

[dative single from √uc class 4 verb]

√uc -> ucyat (participle, neuter)

[dative single from √uc class 4 verb]

√vac (verb class 2)

[present passive third single]

√vac (verb class 3)

[present passive third single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023