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 5.53

वर्षे वर्षेऽश्वमेधेन यो यजेत शतं समाः ।
मांसानि च न खादेद्यस्तयोः पुण्यफलं समम् ॥ ५३ ॥

varṣe varṣe'śvamedhena yo yajeta śataṃ samāḥ |
māṃsāni ca na khādedyastayoḥ puṇyaphalaṃ samam || 53 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 5.53 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 (5.53). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Varsha, Ashvamedha, Yah, Shata, Sama, Mamsa, Yasta, Punyaphala, Samam,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 5.53). 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: “varṣe varṣe'śvamedhena yo yajeta śataṃ samāḥ
  • varṣe -
  • varṣa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    varṣa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    varṣā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • varṣe' -
  • varṣa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    varṣa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    varṣā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • aśvamedhena -
  • aśvamedha (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • yo* -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • yajeta -
  • yaj (verb class 1)
    [optative active second plural], [optative middle third single]
  • śatam -
  • śata (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    śatā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • samāḥ -
  • sama (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    samā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “māṃsāni ca na khādedyastayoḥ puṇyaphalaṃ samam
  • māṃsāni -
  • māṃsa (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]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • khāded -
  • khād (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • yastayoḥ -
  • yasta (noun, masculine)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
    yasta (noun, neuter)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
    yastā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
    yas -> yasta (participle, masculine)
    [genitive dual from √yas class 4 verb], [locative dual from √yas class 4 verb]
    yas -> yasta (participle, neuter)
    [genitive dual from √yas class 4 verb], [locative dual from √yas class 4 verb]
    yas -> yastā (participle, feminine)
    [genitive dual from √yas class 4 verb], [locative dual from √yas class 4 verb]
  • puṇyaphalam -
  • puṇyaphala (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    puṇyaphala (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    puṇyaphalā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • samam -
  • samam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sama (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sama (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    samā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
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