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 11.163

मनुष्याणां तु हरणे स्त्रीणां क्षेत्रगृहस्य च ।
कूपवापीजलानां च शुद्धिश्चान्द्रायणं स्मृतम् ॥ १६३ ॥

manuṣyāṇāṃ tu haraṇe strīṇāṃ kṣetragṛhasya ca |
kūpavāpījalānāṃ ca śuddhiścāndrāyaṇaṃ smṛtam || 163 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 11.163 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 (11.163). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Manushya, Harana, Harani, Stri, Kshetragriha, Kupa, Vapijala, Shuddhi, Candrayana, Smrita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 11.163). 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: “manuṣyāṇāṃ tu haraṇe strīṇāṃ kṣetragṛhasya ca
  • manuṣyāṇām -
  • manuṣya (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    manuṣya (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    manuṣyā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • haraṇe -
  • haraṇa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    haraṇa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    haraṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    haraṇi (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • strīṇām -
  • strī (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • kṣetragṛhasya -
  • kṣetragṛha (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “kūpavāpījalānāṃ ca śuddhiścāndrāyaṇaṃ smṛtam
  • kūpa -
  • kūpa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vāpījalānām -
  • vāpījala (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śuddhiś -
  • śuddhi (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • cāndrāyaṇam -
  • cāndrāyaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    cāndrāyaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • smṛtam -
  • smṛta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    smṛta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    smṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    smṛ -> smṛta (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]
    smṛ -> smṛta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √smṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]
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