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 11.158

ब्रह्मचारी तु योऽश्नीयान्मधु मांसं कथं चन ।
स कृत्वा प्राकृतं कृच्छ्रं व्रतशेषं समापयेत् ॥ १५८ ॥

brahmacārī tu yo'śnīyānmadhu māṃsaṃ kathaṃ cana |
sa kṛtvā prākṛtaṃ kṛcchraṃ vrataśeṣaṃ samāpayet || 158 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 11.158 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 (11.158). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Brahmacarin, Brahmacari, Yah, Ashan, Ashni, Iyat, Madhu, Mamsa, Katham, Katha, Cana, Kritva, Kritvan, Prakrita, Kricchram, Kricchra, Vratashesha, Sama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 11.158). 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: “brahmacārī tu yo'śnīyānmadhu māṃsaṃ kathaṃ cana
  • brahmacārī -
  • brahmacārī (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    brahmacārī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    brahmacārin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • yo' -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yu (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    yu (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • aśnī -
  • aśni (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    aśni (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    aśni (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    aśan (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • iyān -
  • iyat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    i (verb class 2)
    [optative active third single]
  • madhu -
  • madhu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    madhu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • māṃsam -
  • māṃsa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    māṃsa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • katham -
  • katham (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    katham (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kathā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    katha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    katha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • cana -
  • cana (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    cana (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    cana (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    can (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • Line 2: “sa kṛtvā prākṛtaṃ kṛcchraṃ vrataśeṣaṃ samāpayet
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • kṛtvā -
  • kṛtvā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛtvan (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • prākṛtam -
  • prākṛta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    prākṛta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    prākṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • kṛcchram -
  • kṛcchram (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kṛcchra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kṛcchra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    kṛcchrā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • vrataśeṣam -
  • vrataśeṣa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • samā -
  • sama (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sama (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    samā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    sam (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
    samā (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • āpayet -
  • āp (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
    i (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
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