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 9.2

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अस्वतन्त्राः स्त्रियः कार्याः पुरुषैः स्वैर्दिवानिशम् ।
विषयेषु च सज्जन्त्यः संस्थाप्या आत्मनो वशे ॥ २ ॥

asvatantrāḥ striyaḥ kāryāḥ puruṣaiḥ svairdivāniśam |
viṣayeṣu ca sajjantyaḥ saṃsthāpyā ātmano vaśe || 2 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 9.2 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 (9.2). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Asvatantra, Stri, Kari, Karya, Purusha, Sva, Divanisham, Vishaya, Sajjanti, Samsthapya, Atman, Vasha, Vashi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 9.2). 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: “asvatantrāḥ striyaḥ kāryāḥ puruṣaiḥ svairdivāniśam ”
asvatantrāḥ -
asvatantra (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

asvatantrā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
striyaḥ -
strī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
kāryāḥ -
kāri (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

kārī (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

kārya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

kāryā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√kṛ -> kārya (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √kṛ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √kṛ class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative plural from √kṛ class 5 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [nominative plural from √kṛ], [vocative plural from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kāryā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √kṛ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √kṛ class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative plural from √kṛ class 5 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative plural from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [nominative plural from √kṛ], [vocative plural from √kṛ], [accusative plural from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kārya (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √kṛ class 3 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 3 verb], [nominative plural from √kṛ class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 6 verb]

√kṛ -> kāryā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √kṛ class 3 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 3 verb], [accusative plural from √kṛ class 3 verb], [nominative plural from √kṛ class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 6 verb], [accusative plural from √kṛ class 6 verb]

√kṝ -> kārya (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √kṝ class 5 verb], [vocative plural from √kṝ class 5 verb], [nominative plural from √kṝ class 9 verb], [vocative plural from √kṝ class 9 verb]

√kṝ -> kāryā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √kṝ class 5 verb], [vocative plural from √kṝ class 5 verb], [accusative plural from √kṝ class 5 verb], [nominative plural from √kṝ class 9 verb], [vocative plural from √kṝ class 9 verb], [accusative plural from √kṝ class 9 verb]
puruṣaiḥ -
puruṣa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

puruṣa (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
svair -
sva (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

sva (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
divāniśam -
divāniśam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
Line 2: “viṣayeṣu ca sajjantyaḥ saṃsthāpyā ātmano vaśe ”
viṣayeṣu -
viṣaya (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
sajjantyaḥ -
√sajj -> sajjantī (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √sajj class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √sajj class 1 verb]
saṃsthāpyā* -
saṃsthāpya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

saṃsthāpyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
ātmano* -
ātman (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
vaśe -
vaśa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

vaśa (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

vaśā (noun, feminine)

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

vaśi (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

vaśi (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023