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 8.134

सर्षपाः षड्यवो मध्यस्त्रियवं त्वेककृष्णलम् ।
पञ्चकृष्णलको माषस्ते सुवर्णस्तु षोडश ॥ १३४ ॥

sarṣapāḥ ṣaḍyavo madhyastriyavaṃ tvekakṛṣṇalam |
pañcakṛṣṇalako māṣaste suvarṇastu ṣoḍaśa || 134 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.134 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 (8.134). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sarshapa, Shadi, Ava, Avas, Madhya, Triyava, Tva, Krishnala, Pancakrishnalaka, Masha, Tad, Yushmad, Suvarna, Shodasha, Shodashan,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.134). 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: “sarṣapāḥ ṣaḍyavo madhyastriyavaṃ tvekakṛṣṇalam
  • sarṣapāḥ -
  • sarṣapa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • ṣaḍya -
  • ṣaḍi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ṣaḍi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ṣaḍi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • avo* -
  • avas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ava (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    u (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • madhyas -
  • madhya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • triyavam -
  • triyava (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    triyava (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    triyavā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • tve -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    tva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    tva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    tvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • eka -
  • eka (noun, neuter)
    [compound]
  • kṛṣṇalam -
  • kṛṣṇala (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    kṛṣṇalā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “pañcakṛṣṇalako māṣaste suvarṇastu ṣoḍaśa
  • pañcakṛṣṇalako* -
  • pañcakṛṣṇalaka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • māṣas -
  • māṣa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • suvarṇas -
  • suvarṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • ṣoḍaśa -
  • ṣoḍaśa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ṣoḍaśa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ṣoḍaśan (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    ṣoḍaśan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
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