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 11.117

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एतदेव व्रतं कुर्युरुपपातकिनो द्विजाः ।
अवकीर्णिवर्ज्यं शुद्ध्यर्थं चान्द्रायणमथापि वा ॥ ११७ ॥

etadeva vrataṃ kuryurupapātakino dvijāḥ |
avakīrṇivarjyaṃ śuddhyarthaṃ cāndrāyaṇamathāpi vā || 117 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 11.117 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 (11.117). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Etad, Etada, Iva, Vrata, Upapatakin, Dvija, Avakirnin, Varjya, Shuddhyartha, Candrayana, Athapi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 11.117). 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: “etadeva vrataṃ kuryurupapātakino dvijāḥ ”
etade -
etad (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single], [dative single]

etadā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
vratam -
vrata (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vrata (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
kuryur -
√kṛ (verb class 8)

[optative active third plural]
upapātakino* -
upapātakin (noun, masculine)

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

upapātakin (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
dvijāḥ -
dvija (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

dvijā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Line 2: “avakīrṇivarjyaṃ śuddhyarthaṃ cāndrāyaṇamathāpi vā ”
avakīrṇi -
avakīrṇin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

avakīrṇin (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
varjyam -
varjya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

varjya (noun, neuter)

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

varjyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
śuddhyartham -
śuddhyartha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śuddhyartha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
cāndrāyaṇam -
cāndrāyaṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

cāndrāyaṇa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
athāpi -
athāpi (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
vā -
vā (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vā (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023