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 12.15

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असङ्ख्या मूर्तयस्तस्य निष्पतन्ति शरीरतः ।
उच्चावचानि भूतानि सततं चेष्टयन्ति याः ॥ १५ ॥

asaṅkhyā mūrtayastasya niṣpatanti śarīrataḥ |
uccāvacāni bhūtāni satataṃ ceṣṭayanti yāḥ || 15 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 12.15 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 (12.15). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Asankhya, Murtaya, Murti, Tad, Anti, Sharira, Tas, Uccavaca, Bhuta, Bhutani, Satatam, Satata, Ceshtayat, Ceshtayanti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 12.15). 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: “asaṅkhyā mūrtayastasya niṣpatanti śarīrataḥ ”
asaṅkhyā* -
asaṅkhya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

asaṅkhyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
mūrtayas -
mūrtaya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

mūrti (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

mūrti (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
tasya -
√tas -> tasya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √tas]

ta (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

tad (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

√tas (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]
niṣpat -
niṣpad (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

niṣpad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb]

niṣpad (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
anti -
anti (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

anti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

antī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]
śarīra -
śarīra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
taḥ -
tas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

ta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “uccāvacāni bhūtāni satataṃ ceṣṭayanti yāḥ ”
uccāvacāni -
uccāvaca (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
bhūtāni -
bhūtāni (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

bhūtāni (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

bhūtāni (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

bhūta (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
satatam -
satatam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

satata (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

satata (noun, neuter)

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

satatā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ceṣṭayanti -
√ceṣṭ -> ceṣṭayantī (participle, feminine)

[adverb from √ceṣṭ]

√ceṣṭ -> ceṣṭayat (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √ceṣṭ], [vocative plural from √ceṣṭ], [accusative plural from √ceṣṭ]

√ceṣṭ -> ceṣṭayantī (participle, feminine)

[vocative single from √ceṣṭ]

√ceṣṭ (verb class 0)

[present active third plural]
yāḥ -
yā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]

yā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023