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 9.18

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नास्ति स्त्रीणां क्रिया मन्त्रैरिति धर्मे व्यवस्थितिः ।
निरिन्द्रिया ह्यमन्त्राश्च स्त्रीभ्यो अनृतमिति स्थितिः ॥ १८ ॥

nāsti strīṇāṃ kriyā mantrairiti dharme vyavasthitiḥ |
nirindriyā hyamantrāśca strībhyo anṛtamiti sthitiḥ || 18 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 9.18 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 (9.18). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nasti, Stri, Kriya, Mantra, Iti, Dharma, Vyavasthiti, Nirindriya, Amantra, Anrita, Sthiti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 9.18). 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: “nāsti strīṇāṃ kriyā mantrairiti dharme vyavasthitiḥ ”
nāsti -
nāsti (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
strīṇām -
strī (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
kriyā* -
kriya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

kriyā (noun, feminine)

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

√kṛ (verb class 1)

[benedictive active second single]

√kṛ (verb class 2)

[benedictive active second single]

√kṛ (verb class 5)

[benedictive active second single]

√kṛ (verb class 8)

[benedictive active second single]
mantrair -
mantra (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
dharme -
dharma (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

dharmā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
vyavasthitiḥ -
vyavasthiti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “nirindriyā hyamantrāśca strībhyo anṛtamiti sthitiḥ ”
nirindriyā* -
nirindriya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

nirindriyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
hya -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
amantrāś -
amantra (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

amantrā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
strībhyo -
anṛtam -
anṛta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

anṛta (noun, neuter)

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

anṛtā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
sthitiḥ -
sthiti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023