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 8.124

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दश स्थानानि दण्डस्य मनुः स्वयम्भुवोऽब्रवीत् ।
त्रिषु वर्णेषु यानि स्युरक्षतो ब्राह्मणो व्रजेत् ॥ १२४ ॥

daśa sthānāni daṇḍasya manuḥ svayambhuvo'bravīt |
triṣu varṇeṣu yāni syurakṣato brāhmaṇo vrajet || 124 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.124 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 (8.124). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dasha, Dashan, Sthana, Sthanani, Danda, Manu, Manus, Svayambhu, Svayambhuva, Tri, Varna, Yani, Yat, Akshata, Brahmana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.124). 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: “daśa sthānāni daṇḍasya manuḥ svayambhuvo'bravīt ”
daśa -
daśa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

daśa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

daśan (noun, masculine)

[compound]

daśan (noun, neuter)

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

√daṃś (verb class 1)

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

[adverb], [vocative single]

sthānānī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]

sthānānī (noun, neuter)

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

sthāna (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
daṇḍasya -
daṇḍa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]
manuḥ -
manus (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

manu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

manu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
svayambhuvo' -
svayambhū (noun, feminine)

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

svayambhuva (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
abravīt -
√brū (verb class 2)

[imperfect active third single]
Line 2: “triṣu varṇeṣu yāni syurakṣato brāhmaṇo vrajet ”
triṣu -
tri (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]
varṇeṣu -
varṇa (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

varṇa (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
yāni -
yānī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]

√yā (verb class 2)

[imperative active first single]
syur -
√as (verb class 2)

[optative active third plural]
akṣato* -
akṣata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√akṣ (verb class 1)

[present active third dual]
brāhmaṇo* -
brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vrajet -
√vraj (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023