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 9.158

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पुत्रान्द्वादश यानाह नॄणां स्वायम्भुवो मनुः ।
तेषां षड्बन्धुदायादाः षडदायादबान्धवाः ॥ १५८ ॥

putrāndvādaśa yānāha nṝṇāṃ svāyambhuvo manuḥ |
teṣāṃ ṣaḍbandhudāyādāḥ ṣaḍadāyādabāndhavāḥ || 158 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 9.158 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 (9.158). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Putra, Dvadasha, Dvadashan, Yana, Aha, Nri, Svayambhuva, Svayambhu, Manu, Manus, Tad, Shat, Shash, Bandhudayada, Shada, Dayada, Bandhava,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 9.158). 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: “putrāndvādaśa yānāha nṝṇāṃ svāyambhuvo manuḥ ”
putrān -
putra (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
dvādaśa -
dvādaśa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

dvādaśa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

dvādaśan (noun, masculine)

[compound]

dvādaśan (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
yānā -
yāna (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

yāna (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

yānā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aha -
aha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
nṝṇām -
nṛ (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]
svāyambhuvo* -
svāyambhuva (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

svāyambhū (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
manuḥ -
manus (noun, masculine)

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

manu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

manu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “teṣāṃ ṣaḍbandhudāyādāḥ ṣaḍadāyādabāndhavāḥ ”
teṣām -
tad (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

sa (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]
ṣaḍ -
ṣaṭ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ṣaṣ (noun, masculine)

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

ṣaṣ (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
bandhudāyādāḥ -
bandhudāyāda (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

bandhudāyādā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

ṣaḍa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dāyāda -
dāyāda (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
bāndhavāḥ -
bāndhava (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023