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 4.98

अत ऊर्ध्वं तु छन्दांसि शुक्लेषु नियतः पठेत् ।
वेदाङ्गानि च सर्वाणि कृष्णपक्षेषु सम्पठेत् ॥ ९८ ॥

ata ūrdhvaṃ tu chandāṃsi śukleṣu niyataḥ paṭhet |
vedāṅgāni ca sarvāṇi kṛṣṇapakṣeṣu sampaṭhet || 98 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 4.98 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 (4.98). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Atah, Urdhvam, Urdhva, Chandas, Chandamsi, Shukla, Niyata, Vedanga, Sarva, Sarvani, Krishnapaksha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 4.98). 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: “ata ūrdhvaṃ tu chandāṃsi śukleṣu niyataḥ paṭhet
  • ata* -
  • ataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • ūrdhvam -
  • ūrdhvam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ūrdhva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ūrdhva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    ūrdhvā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • chandāṃsi -
  • chandāṃsi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    chandāṃsi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    chandāṃsi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    chandas (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • śukleṣu -
  • śukla (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    śukla (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • niyataḥ -
  • niyata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • paṭhet -
  • paṭh (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 2: “vedāṅgāni ca sarvāṇi kṛṣṇapakṣeṣu sampaṭhet
  • vedāṅgāni -
  • vedāṅga (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sarvāṇi -
  • sarvāṇī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    sarva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • kṛṣṇapakṣeṣu -
  • kṛṣṇapakṣa (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
  • sam -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sam (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • paṭhet -
  • paṭh (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
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