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 10.18

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जातो निषादात्शूद्रायां जात्या भवति पुक्कसः ।
शूद्राज्जातो निषाद्यां तु स वै कुक्कुटकः स्मृतः ॥ १८ ॥

jāto niṣādātśūdrāyāṃ jātyā bhavati pukkasaḥ |
śūdrājjāto niṣādyāṃ tu sa vai kukkuṭakaḥ smṛtaḥ || 18 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 10.18 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 (10.18). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Jatri, Jata, Nishada, Shudra, Jati, Jatya, Bhavati, Bhavat, Bhavant, Pukkasa, Nishadi, Kukkutaka, Smrita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 10.18). 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: “jāto niṣādātśūdrāyāṃ jātyā bhavati pukkasaḥ ”
jāto* -
jātṛ (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

jāta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√jan -> jāta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √jan class 1 verb], [nominative single from √jan class 2 verb], [nominative single from √jan class 3 verb], [nominative single from √jan class 4 verb]
niṣādāt -
niṣāda (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
śūdrāyām -
śūdrā (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
jātyā* -
jāti (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

jātī (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

jātya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

jātyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
bhavati -
bhavatī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

bhavat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

bhavat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

bhavant (pronoun, masculine)

[locative single]

bhavant (pronoun, neuter)

[locative single]

√bhū (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
pukkasaḥ -
pukkasa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “śūdrājjāto niṣādyāṃ tu sa vai kukkuṭakaḥ smṛtaḥ ”
Cannot analyse śūdrājjāto*ni
niṣādyām -
niṣādī (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vai -
√vā (verb class 1)

[present middle first single], [imperative middle first single]
kukkuṭakaḥ -
kukkuṭaka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
smṛtaḥ -
smṛta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√smṛ -> smṛta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023