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 4.45

नान्नमद्यादेकवासा न नग्नः स्नानमाचरेत् ।
न मूत्रं पथि कुर्वीत न भस्मनि न गोव्रजे ॥ ४५ ॥

nānnamadyādekavāsā na nagnaḥ snānamācaret |
na mūtraṃ pathi kurvīta na bhasmani na govraje || 45 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 4.45 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 (4.45). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ama, Ada, Adi, Kava, Nagna, Snana, Mutra, Pathin, Pathi, Bhasman, Govraja,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 4.45). 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: “nānnamadyādekavāsā na nagnaḥ snānamācaret
  • nānn -
  • na (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • ama -
  • ama (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ama (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dyā -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single]
  • āde -
  • āda (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    āda (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    ādā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ādi (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    ādi (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • kavā -
  • kava (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kava (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kavā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    kav (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • asā* -
  • (verb class 4)
    [aorist active second single]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • nagnaḥ -
  • nagna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • snānam -
  • snāna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • ā -
  • ā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    ā (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • caret -
  • car (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 2: “na mūtraṃ pathi kurvīta na bhasmani na govraje
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • mūtram -
  • mūtra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • pathi -
  • pathin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [locative single]
    pathī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    pathī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    pathī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • kurvīta -
  • kṛ (verb class 8)
    [optative middle third single]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bhasmani -
  • bhasman (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhasman (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • govraje -
  • govraja (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
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