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 9.317

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अविद्वांश्चैव विद्वांश्च ब्राह्मणो दैवतं महत् ।
प्रणीतश्चाप्रणीतश्च यथाऽग्निर्दैवतं महत् ॥ ३१७ ॥

avidvāṃścaiva vidvāṃśca brāhmaṇo daivataṃ mahat |
praṇītaścāpraṇītaśca yathā'gnirdaivataṃ mahat || 317 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 9.317 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 (9.317). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Avidvas, Vidvas, Brahmana, Daivata, Mahat, Pranita, Apranita, Agni,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 9.317). 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: “avidvāṃścaiva vidvāṃśca brāhmaṇo daivataṃ mahat ”
avidvāṃś -
avidvas (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
vidvāṃś -
vidvas (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√vid -> vidvas (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √vid class 2 verb]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
brāhmaṇo* -
brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
daivatam -
daivata (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

daivata (noun, neuter)

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

daivatā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
mahat -
atimahat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

mahat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “praṇītaścāpraṇītaśca yathā'gnirdaivataṃ mahat ”
praṇītaś -
praṇīta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
cā -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
apraṇītaś -
apraṇīta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
yathā' -
agnir -
agni (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
daivatam -
daivata (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

daivata (noun, neuter)

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

daivatā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
mahat -
atimahat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

mahat (noun, neuter)

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

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023