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 5.100

असपिण्डं द्विजं प्रेतं विप्रो निर्हृत्य बन्धुवत् ।
विशुध्यति त्रिरात्रेण मातुराप्तांश्च बान्धवान् ॥ १०० ॥

asapiṇḍaṃ dvijaṃ pretaṃ vipro nirhṛtya bandhuvat |
viśudhyati trirātreṇa māturāptāṃśca bāndhavān || 100 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 5.100 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 (5.100). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Asapinda, Dvija, Preta, Vipra, Nirhritya, Bandhuvat, Shudhyat, Triratra, Matura, Apta, Bandhava,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 5.100). 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: “asapiṇḍaṃ dvijaṃ pretaṃ vipro nirhṛtya bandhuvat
  • asapiṇḍam -
  • asapiṇḍa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    asapiṇḍa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    asapiṇḍā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • dvijam -
  • dvija (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dvija (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    dvijā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • pretam -
  • preta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    preta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    pretā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    pre (verb class 2)
    [imperative active second dual]
  • vipro* -
  • vipra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • nirhṛtya -
  • nirhṛtya (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    nirhṛtya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nirhṛtya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bandhuvat -
  • bandhuvat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    bandhuvat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “viśudhyati trirātreṇa māturāptāṃśca bāndhavān
  • vi -
  • vi (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    vi (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    vi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    vi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ve (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    vi (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • śudhyati -
  • śudh -> śudhyat (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √śudh class 4 verb]
    śudh -> śudhyat (participle, neuter)
    [locative single from √śudh class 4 verb]
    śudh (verb class 4)
    [present active third single]
  • trirātreṇa -
  • trirātra (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    trirātra (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • māturā -
  • mātura (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    mātura (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • aptāṃś -
  • apta (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bāndhavān -
  • bāndhava (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
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