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 3.258

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विसृज्य ब्राह्मणांस्तांस्तु नियतो वाग्यतः शुचिः ।
दक्षिणां दिशमाकाङ्क्षन्याचेतैमान्वरान्पितॄन् ॥ २५८ ॥

visṛjya brāhmaṇāṃstāṃstu niyato vāgyataḥ śuciḥ |
dakṣiṇāṃ diśamākāṅkṣanyācetaimānvarānpitṝn || 258 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 3.258 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 (3.258). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Visrijya, Brahmana, Niyata, Vagyatah, Vagyata, Shuci, Dakshina, Disham, Dish, Disha, Akanksha, Aceta, Anu, Ara, Pitri,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 3.258). 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: “visṛjya brāhmaṇāṃstāṃstu niyato vāgyataḥ śuciḥ ”
visṛjya -
visṛjya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

visṛjya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
brāhmaṇāṃs -
brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
tāṃs -
ta (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]

sa (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
niyato* -
niyata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vāgyataḥ -
vāgyataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

vāgyata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
śuciḥ -
śuci (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

śuci (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “dakṣiṇāṃ diśamākāṅkṣanyācetaimānvarānpitṝn ”
dakṣiṇām -
dakṣiṇā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
diśam -
diśam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

diśā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

diśa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

diśa (noun, neuter)

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

diś (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
ākāṅkṣa -
ākāṅkṣa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ākāṅkṣa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
nyā -
ni (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

nyā (Preverb)

[Preverb]
acetai -
acetā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√ac (verb class 1)

[optative active second plural], [optative middle third single]

√añc (verb class 1)

[optative active second plural], [optative middle third single]
aimā -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first plural]
ānva -
ānu (noun, masculine)

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

ānu (noun, neuter)

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

ānu (noun, feminine)

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

ānu (Preverb)

[Preverb]
arān -
ara (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]

√rā (verb class 2)

[imperfect active third plural]
pitṝn -
pitṛ (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023