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 10.14

पुत्रा येऽनन्तरस्त्रीजाः क्रमेणोक्ता द्विजन्मनाम् ।
ताननन्तरनाम्नस्तु मातृदोषात्प्रचक्षते ॥ १४ ॥

putrā ye'nantarastrījāḥ krameṇoktā dvijanmanām |
tānanantaranāmnastu mātṛdoṣātpracakṣate || 14 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 10.14 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 (10.14). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Putra, Yah, Yat, Anantara, Tri, Kramena, Krama, Ukta, Dvijanman, Dvijanmana, Tana, Nat, Tarat, Asmad, Matridosha, Pra,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 10.14). 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: “putrā ye'nantarastrījāḥ krameṇoktā dvijanmanām
  • putrā* -
  • putra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    putrā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ye' -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • anantaras -
  • anantara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • trī -
  • tṛ (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    tri (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ījā -
  • īj (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single], [perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
    yaj (verb class 1)
    [perfect active second plural]
  • aḥ -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • krameṇo -
  • krameṇa (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    krama (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • uktā* -
  • ukta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    uktā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    vac -> ukta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √vac class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √vac class 2 verb], [nominative plural from √vac class 3 verb], [vocative plural from √vac class 3 verb]
    vac -> uktā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √vac class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √vac class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √vac class 2 verb], [nominative plural from √vac class 3 verb], [vocative plural from √vac class 3 verb], [accusative plural from √vac class 3 verb]
  • dvijanmanām -
  • dvijanman (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    dvijanman (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    dvijanmanā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “tānanantaranāmnastu mātṛdoṣātpracakṣate
  • tāna -
  • tāna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • nan -
  • nat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • taran -
  • tṝ -> tarat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √tṝ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √tṝ class 1 verb]
  • ām -
  • ā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    o (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • nas -
  • na (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [accusative plural], [dative plural], [genitive plural]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • mātṛdoṣāt -
  • mātṛdoṣa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • pra -
  • pra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pra (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • cakṣate -
  • cakṣ (verb class 2)
    [present middle third plural]
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