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 9.117

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एकाधिकं हरेज्ज्येष्ठः पुत्रोऽध्यर्धं ततोऽनुजः ।
अंशमंशं यवीयांस इति धर्मो व्यवस्थितः ॥ ११७ ॥

ekādhikaṃ harejjyeṣṭhaḥ putro'dhyardhaṃ tato'nujaḥ |
aṃśamaṃśaṃ yavīyāṃsa iti dharmo vyavasthitaḥ || 117 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 9.117 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 (9.117). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Eka, Adhikam, Adhika, Putra, Adhyardha, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Anuja, Amsha, Yaviyas, Iti, Dharma, Vyavasthita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 9.117). 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: “ekādhikaṃ harejjyeṣṭhaḥ putro'dhyardhaṃ tato'nujaḥ ”
ekā -
eka (noun, neuter)

[compound]

ekā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
adhikam -
adhikam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

adhika (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

adhika (noun, neuter)

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

adhikā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Cannot analyse harejjyeṣṭhaḥ*pu
putro' -
putra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
adhyardham -
adhyardha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

adhyardha (noun, neuter)

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

adhyardhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
tato' -
tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

tata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
anujaḥ -
anuja (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “aṃśamaṃśaṃ yavīyāṃsa iti dharmo vyavasthitaḥ ”
aṃśam -
aṃśa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
aṃśam -
aṃśa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
yavīyāṃsa* -
yavīyas (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
dharmo* -
dharma (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vyavasthitaḥ -
vyavasthita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023