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 4.117

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प्राणि वा यदि वाऽप्राणि यत्किं चित्श्राद्धिकं भवेत् ।
तदालभ्याप्यनध्यायः पाण्यास्यो हि द्विजः स्मृतः ॥ ११७ ॥

prāṇi vā yadi vā'prāṇi yatkiṃ citśrāddhikaṃ bhavet |
tadālabhyāpyanadhyāyaḥ pāṇyāsyo hi dvijaḥ smṛtaḥ || 117 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 4.117 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 (4.117). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pra, Pran, Pranin, Var, Yadi, Yad, Apranin, Aprani, Yat, Kim, Cit, Shraddhika, Tada, Alabhya, Api, Apya, Anadhyaya, Panyasya, Dvija, Smrita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 4.117). 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: “prāṇi vā yadi vā'prāṇi yatkiṃ citśrāddhikaṃ bhavet ”
prāṇi -
prāṇin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

prāṇin (noun, neuter)

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

pra (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

prāṇ (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

prāṇ (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [locative single]

√prā (verb class 2)

[imperative active first 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]
yadi -
yadi (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

yadi (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yadi (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yad (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
vā' -
aprāṇi -
aprāṇin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

aprāṇin (noun, neuter)

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

aprāṇī (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

aprāṇī (noun, feminine)

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

aprāṇī (noun, neuter)

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

aprāṇi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

aprāṇi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

aprāṇi (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
yat -
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]
kim -
kim (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kim (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
cit -
cit (noun, feminine)

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

cit (noun, masculine)

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

cit (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
śrāddhikam -
śrāddhika (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śrāddhika (noun, neuter)

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

śrāddhikā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
bhavet -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]
Line 2: “tadālabhyāpyanadhyāyaḥ pāṇyāsyo hi dvijaḥ smṛtaḥ ”
tadā -
tadā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tadā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tadā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tada (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tada (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tadā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
alabhyā -
alabhya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

alabhya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

alabhyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
apya -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

apya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ap (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
anadhyāyaḥ -
anadhyāya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
pāṇyāsyo* -
pāṇyāsya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
dvijaḥ -
dvija (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
smṛtaḥ -
smṛta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√smṛ -> smṛta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023