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 4.166

ताडयित्वा तृणेनापि संरम्भात्मतिपूर्वकम् ।
एकविंशतीमाजातीः पापयोनिषु जायते ॥ १६६ ॥

tāḍayitvā tṛṇenāpi saṃrambhātmatipūrvakam |
ekaviṃśatīmājātīḥ pāpayoniṣu jāyate || 166 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 4.166 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 (4.166). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Trina, Api, Samrambha, Matipurvaka, Ekavimshat, Ekavimshati, Ajati, Papayoni, Jayat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 4.166). 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: “tāḍayitvā tṛṇenāpi saṃrambhātmatipūrvakam
  • tāḍayitvā -
  • taḍ -> tāḍayitvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √taḍ]
  • tṛṇenā -
  • tṛṇa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    tṛṇa (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • saṃrambhāt -
  • saṃrambha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • matipūrvakam -
  • matipūrvaka (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    matipūrvaka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    matipūrvakā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “ekaviṃśatīmājātīḥ pāpayoniṣu jāyate
  • ekaviṃśatī -
  • ekaviṃśati (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ekaviṃśat (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • im -
  • i (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • ājātīḥ -
  • ājāti (noun, feminine)
    [accusative plural]
  • pāpayoniṣu -
  • pāpayoni (noun, feminine)
    [locative plural]
  • jāyate -
  • jai -> jāyat (participle, masculine)
    [dative single from √jai class 1 verb]
    jai -> jāyat (participle, neuter)
    [dative single from √jai class 1 verb]
    jai (verb class 1)
    [present middle third single]
    jan (verb class 4)
    [present middle third single]
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