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 10.92

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सद्यः पतति मांसेन लाक्षया लवणेन च ।
त्र्यहेण शूद्रो भवति ब्राह्मणः क्षीरविक्रयात् ॥ ९२ ॥

sadyaḥ patati māṃsena lākṣayā lavaṇena ca |
tryaheṇa śūdro bhavati brāhmaṇaḥ kṣīravikrayāt || 92 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 10.92 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 (10.92). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sadyah, Sadya, Sadyas, Patat, Mamsa, Laksha, Lavana, Tryaha, Shudra, Bhavati, Bhavat, Bhavant, Brahmana, Kshira, Vikraya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 10.92). 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: “sadyaḥ patati māṃsena lākṣayā lavaṇena ca ”
sadyaḥ -
sadyaḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sadyas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

sadya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
patati -
patat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

patat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

√pat -> patat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √pat class 1 verb]

√pat -> patat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √pat class 1 verb]

√pat (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
māṃsena -
māṃsa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

māṃsa (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
lākṣayā -
lākṣā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
lavaṇena -
lavaṇa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

lavaṇa (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Line 2: “tryaheṇa śūdro bhavati brāhmaṇaḥ kṣīravikrayāt ”
tryaheṇa -
tryaha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

tryaha (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
śūdro* -
śūdra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
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]
brāhmaṇaḥ -
brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kṣīra -
kṣīra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kṣīra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vikrayāt -
vikraya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023