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 5.152

विशीलः कामवृत्तो वा गुणैर्वा परिवर्जितः ।
उपचार्यः स्त्रिया साध्व्या सततं देववत्पतिः ॥ १५२ ॥

viśīlaḥ kāmavṛtto vā guṇairvā parivarjitaḥ |
upacāryaḥ striyā sādhvyā satataṃ devavatpatiḥ || 152 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 5.152 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 (5.152). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vishila, Kamavritta, Var, Guna, Parivarjita, Upacarya, Stri, Sadhvi, Satatam, Satata, Devavat, Pati,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 5.152). 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: “viśīlaḥ kāmavṛtto guṇairvā parivarjitaḥ
  • viśīlaḥ -
  • viśīla (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • kāmavṛtto* -
  • kāmavṛtta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative 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]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • guṇair -
  • guṇa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • -
  • (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • parivarjitaḥ -
  • parivarjita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “upacāryaḥ striyā sādhvyā satataṃ devavatpatiḥ
  • upacāryaḥ -
  • upacārya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • striyā -
  • strī (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • sādhvyā -
  • sādhvī (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • satatam -
  • satatam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    satata (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    satata (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    satatā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • devavat -
  • devavat (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    devavat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    devavat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • patiḥ -
  • pati (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    pati (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
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