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 11.16

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तथैव सप्तमे भक्ते भक्तानि षडनश्नता ।
अश्वस्तनविधानेन हर्तव्यं हीनकर्मणः ॥ १६ ॥

tathaiva saptame bhakte bhaktāni ṣaḍanaśnatā |
aśvastanavidhānena hartavyaṃ hīnakarmaṇaḥ || 16 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 11.16 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 (11.16). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatha, Saptama, Bhakta, Bhakti, Shat, Shash, Anashnat, Anashnata, Ashvastanavidhana, Hartavya, Hinakarman,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 11.16). 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: “tathaiva saptame bhakte bhaktāni ṣaḍanaśnatā ”
tathai -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tatha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tatha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
saptame -
saptama (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

saptama (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
bhakte -
bhakta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

bhakta (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

bhaktā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

bhakti (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
bhaktāni -
bhakta (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
ṣaḍ -
ṣaṭ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ṣaṣ (noun, masculine)

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

ṣaṣ (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
anaśnatā -
anaśnat (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

anaśnat (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

anaśnatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “aśvastanavidhānena hartavyaṃ hīnakarmaṇaḥ ”
aśvastanavidhānena -
aśvastanavidhāna (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
hartavyam -
hartavya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

hartavya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

hartavyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√hṛ -> hartavya (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √hṛ class 1 verb]

√hṛ -> hartavya (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √hṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √hṛ class 1 verb]
hīnakarmaṇaḥ -
hīnakarman (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

hīnakarman (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023