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 5.96

लोकेशाधिष्ठितो राजा नास्याशौचं विधीयते ।
शौचाशौचं हि मर्त्यानां लोकेभ्यः प्रभवाप्ययौ ॥ ९६ ॥

lokeśādhiṣṭhito rājā nāsyāśaucaṃ vidhīyate |
śaucāśaucaṃ hi martyānāṃ lokebhyaḥ prabhavāpyayau || 96 ||

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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 (5.96). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Lokesha, Adhishthita, Raja, Nasya, Nasi, Ashauca, Vidh, Vidhi, Iyat, Iyata, Shauca, Martya, Loka, Prabhava, Prabhavan, Apyaya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

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  • Line 1: “lokeśādhiṣṭhito rājā nāsyāśaucaṃ vidhīyate
  • lokeśā -
  • lokeśa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • adhiṣṭhito* -
  • adhiṣṭhita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • rājā* -
  • rāja (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    rājā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • nāsyā -
  • nāsya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nās -> nāsya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √nās]
    nās -> nāsya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √nās class 1 verb]
    nās -> nāsya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √nās class 1 verb]
    nās -> nāsyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √nās class 1 verb]
    nas -> nāsya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √nas class 1 verb]
    nas -> nāsya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √nas class 1 verb]
    nas -> nāsyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √nas class 1 verb]
    nāsi (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    nāsī (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]
    nāsī (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • aśaucam -
  • aśauca (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • vidhī -
  • vidhi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    vidhi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    vidhī (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    vidhī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    vidhī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    vidh (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    vidh (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • iyate -
  • iyat (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    iyat (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
    iyatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    i (verb class 2)
    [present middle third plural]
  • Line 2: “śaucāśaucaṃ hi martyānāṃ lokebhyaḥ prabhavāpyayau
  • śaucā -
  • śauca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śauca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • aśaucam -
  • aśauca (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • martyānām -
  • martya (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    martya (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    martyā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • lokebhyaḥ -
  • loka (noun, masculine)
    [dative plural], [ablative plural]
  • prabhavā -
  • prabhava (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prabhava (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prabhavan (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    prabhavan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    prabhavā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • apyayau -
  • apyaya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
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