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 4.27

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नानिष्ट्वा नवसस्येष्ट्या पशुना चाग्निमान्द्विजः ।
नवान्नमद्यात्मांसं वा दीर्घमायुर्जिजीविषुः ॥ २७ ॥

nāniṣṭvā navasasyeṣṭyā paśunā cāgnimāndvijaḥ |
navānnamadyātmāṃsaṃ vā dīrghamāyurjijīviṣuḥ || 27 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 4.27 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 (4.27). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ishtu, Navasasyeshti, Pashu, Agnimat, Dvija, Navanna, Adya, Mamsa, Var, Dirgham, Dirgha, Ayu, Ayus, Jijivishu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 4.27). 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: “nāniṣṭvā navasasyeṣṭyā paśunā cāgnimāndvijaḥ ”
nān -
na (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
iṣṭvā* -
iṣṭu (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
navasasyeṣṭyā -
navasasyeṣṭi (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
paśunā -
paśu (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

paśū (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
cā -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
agnimān -
agnimat (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
dvijaḥ -
dvija (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “navānnamadyātmāṃsaṃ vā dīrghamāyurjijīviṣuḥ ”
navānnam -
navānna (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
adyāt -
adya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

adya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√ad (verb class 2)

[optative active third single]
māṃsam -
māṃsa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

māṃsa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
vā* -
vār (noun, masculine)

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

vār (noun, neuter)

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

va (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
dīrgham -
dīrgham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

dīrgha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

dīrgha (noun, neuter)

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

dīrghā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
āyur -
āyus (noun, masculine)

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

āyus (noun, neuter)

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

āyu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

āyu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
jijīviṣuḥ -
jijīviṣu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

jijīviṣu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023