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 7.54

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मौलान् शास्त्रविदः शूरान् लब्धलक्षान् कुलोद्भवान् ।
सचिवान् सप्त चाष्टौ वा प्रकुर्वीत परीक्षितान् ॥ ५४ ॥

maulān śāstravidaḥ śūrān labdhalakṣān kulodbhavān |
sacivān sapta cāṣṭau vā prakurvīta parīkṣitān || 54 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 7.54 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 (7.54). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Maula, Shastravid, Shura, Labdhalaksha, Kulodbhava, Saciva, Sapta, Saptan, Pra, Parikshita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 7.54). 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: “maulān śāstravidaḥ śūrān labdhalakṣān kulodbhavān ”
maulān -
maula (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
śāstravidaḥ -
śāstravid (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

śāstravid (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
śūrān -
śūra (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
labdhalakṣān -
labdhalakṣa (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
kulodbhavān -
kulodbhava (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
Line 2: “sacivān sapta cāṣṭau vā prakurvīta parīkṣitān ”
sacivān -
saciva (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
sapta -
sapta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sapta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

saptan (noun, masculine)

[compound]

saptan (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

√sap -> sapta (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √sap class 1 verb]

√sap -> sapta (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √sap class 1 verb]
cāṣ -
ca (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
ṭau -
ṭa (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

ṭu (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
vā -
vā (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vā (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
pra -
pra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

pra (Preverb)

[Preverb]
kurvīta -
√kṛ (verb class 8)

[optative middle third single]
parīkṣitān -
parīkṣita (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023