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 10.44

पौण्ड्रकाश्चौड्रद्रविडाः काम्बोजा यवनाः शकाः ।
पारदापह्लवाश्चीनाः किराता दरदाः खशाः ॥ ४४ ॥

pauṇḍrakāścauḍradraviḍāḥ kāmbojā yavanāḥ śakāḥ |
pāradāpahlavāścīnāḥ kirātā daradāḥ khaśāḥ || 44 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 10.44 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 (10.44). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Paundraka, Odra, Dravida, Kamboja, Yavana, Shaka, Parada, Pahlava, Cina, Kirata, Darada, Khasha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 10.44). 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: “pauṇḍrakāścauḍradraviḍāḥ kāmbojā yavanāḥ śakāḥ
  • pauṇḍrakāś -
  • pauṇḍraka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • cau -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • oḍra -
  • oḍra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • draviḍāḥ -
  • draviḍa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    draviḍā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • kāmbojā* -
  • kāmboja (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    kāmbojā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • yavanāḥ -
  • yavana (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    yavanā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • śakāḥ -
  • śaka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    śakā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “pāradāpahlavāścīnāḥ kirātā daradāḥ khaśāḥ
  • pāradā -
  • pāradā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • pahlavāś -
  • pahlava (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    pahlavā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • cīnāḥ -
  • cīna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    cīnā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • kirātā* -
  • kirāta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • daradāḥ -
  • darada (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    daradā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • khaśāḥ -
  • khaśa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    khaśā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
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