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 9.159

औरसः क्षेत्रजश्चैव दत्तः कृत्रिम एव च ।
गूढोत्पन्नोऽपविद्धश्च दायादा बान्धवाश्च षट् ॥ १५९ ॥

aurasaḥ kṣetrajaścaiva dattaḥ kṛtrima eva ca |
gūḍhotpanno'paviddhaśca dāyādā bāndhavāśca ṣaṭ || 159 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 9.159 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 (9.159). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Aurasa, Kshetraja, Datta, Kritrima, Eva, Gudhotpanna, Apaviddha, Dayada, Bandhava, Shat, Shash,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 9.159). 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: “aurasaḥ kṣetrajaścaiva dattaḥ kṛtrima eva ca
  • aurasaḥ -
  • aurasa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • kṣetrajaś -
  • kṣetraja (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • cai -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • dattaḥ -
  • datta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 3)
    [present active third dual]
  • kṛtrima* -
  • kṛtrima (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “gūḍhotpanno'paviddhaśca dāyādā bāndhavāśca ṣaṭ
  • gūḍhotpanno' -
  • gūḍhotpanna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • apaviddhaś -
  • apaviddha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dāyādā* -
  • dāyāda (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    dāyādā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • bāndhavāś -
  • bāndhava (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ṣaṭ -
  • ṣaṭ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ṣaṣ (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    ṣaṣ (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
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