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 11.171

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पैतृस्वसेयीं भगिनीं स्वस्रीयां मातुरेव च ।
मातुश्च भ्रातुस्तनयां गत्वा चान्द्रायणं चरेत् ॥ १७१ ॥

paitṛsvaseyīṃ bhaginīṃ svasrīyāṃ mātureva ca |
mātuśca bhrātustanayāṃ gatvā cāndrāyaṇaṃ caret || 171 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 11.171 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 (11.171). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Etri, Svasri, Svasa, Bhagini, Svasriya, Matura, Iva, Matri, Matu, Bhratri, Tanaya, Candrayana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 11.171). 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: “paitṛsvaseyīṃ bhaginīṃ svasrīyāṃ mātureva ca ”
pai -
pa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
etṛ -
etṛ (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

etṛ (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
svase -
svasṛ (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

svasā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
iyī -
ī (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

ī (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
im -
i (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
bhaginīm -
bhaginī (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
svasrīyām -
svasrīyā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
māture -
mātura (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

mātura (noun, neuter)

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

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Line 2: “mātuśca bhrātustanayāṃ gatvā cāndrāyaṇaṃ caret ”
mātuś -
mātṛ (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

mātu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

mātṛ (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhrātus -
bhrātṛ (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
tanayām -
√tan -> tanayām (periphrastic_perfect)

[periphrastic_perfect from √tan]

tanayā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
gatvā -
√gam -> gatvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √gam]

√gam -> gatvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √gam]

√gam -> gatvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √gam]
cāndrāyaṇam -
cāndrāyaṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

cāndrāyaṇa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
caret -
√car (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023