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 11.224

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स्थानासनाभ्यां विहरेदशक्तोऽधः शयीत वा ।
ब्रह्मचारी व्रती च स्याद्गुरुदेवद्विजार्चकः ॥ २२४ ॥

sthānāsanābhyāṃ viharedaśakto'dhaḥ śayīta vā |
brahmacārī vratī ca syādgurudevadvijārcakaḥ || 224 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 11.224 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 (11.224). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sthanasana, Vihara, Shakta, Shaktu, Adhah, Adhas, Brahmacarin, Brahmacari, Vratin, Vrati, Syat, Sya, Gurudeva, Dvija, Arcaka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 11.224). 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: “sthānāsanābhyāṃ viharedaśakto'dhaḥ śayīta vā ”
sthānāsanābhyām -
sthānāsana (noun, neuter)

[instrumental dual], [dative dual], [ablative dual]
vihare -
vihara (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
da -
da (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

da (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śakto' -
śakta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√śac -> śakta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √śac class 1 verb]

√śak -> śakta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √śak class 5 verb]

śaktu (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

śaktu (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
adhaḥ -
adhaḥ (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

adhaḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

adhas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
śayīta -
√śī (verb class 2)

[optative middle third single]
vā -
vā (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vā (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
Line 2: “brahmacārī vratī ca syādgurudevadvijārcakaḥ ”
brahmacārī -
brahmacārī (noun, masculine)

[compound]

brahmacārī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

brahmacārin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vratī -
vratī (noun, masculine)

[compound]

vratī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

vratin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
syād -
syāt (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

syāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[optative active third single]
gurudeva -
gurudeva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

gurudeva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dvijā -
dvija (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

dvija (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

dvijā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
arcakaḥ -
arcaka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023