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 10.16

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आयोगवश्च क्षत्ता च चण्डालश्चाधमो नृणाम् ।
प्रातिलोम्येन जायन्ते शूद्रादपसदास्त्रयः ॥ १६ ॥

āyogavaśca kṣattā ca caṇḍālaścādhamo nṛṇām |
prātilomyena jāyante śūdrādapasadāstrayaḥ || 16 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 10.16 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 (10.16). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ayogava, Kshattri, Kshatta, Candala, Adhama, Nri, Pratilomya, Jayanta, Shudra, Apasada, Traya, Tri,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 10.16). 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: “āyogavaśca kṣattā ca caṇḍālaścādhamo nṛṇām ”
āyogavaś -
āyogava (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kṣattā -
kṣattṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√kṣad -> kṣattā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √kṣad class 1 verb]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
caṇḍālaś -
caṇḍāla (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]
adhamo* -
adhama (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√dham (verb class 1)

[imperfect active second single]
nṛṇām -
nṛ (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]
Line 2: “prātilomyena jāyante śūdrādapasadāstrayaḥ ”
prātilomyena -
prātilomya (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
jāyante -
jāyanta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

√jai (verb class 1)

[present middle third plural]

√jan (verb class 4)

[present middle third plural]
śūdrād -
śūdra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
apasadās -
apasada (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
trayaḥ -
traya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

tri (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023