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 12.24

सत्त्वं रजस्तमश्चैव त्रीन्विद्यादात्मनो गुणान् ।
यैर्व्याप्यैमान् स्थितो भावान्महान् सर्वानशेषतः ॥ २४ ॥

sattvaṃ rajastamaścaiva trīnvidyādātmano guṇān |
yairvyāpyaimān sthito bhāvānmahān sarvānaśeṣataḥ || 24 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 12.24 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 (12.24). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sattva, Raja, Rajas, Tama, Tamas, Tri, Vidya, Atman, Guna, Yah, Yat, Vyapin, Vyapya, Vyapi, Sthita, Bhavat, Bhava, Maha, Mahat, Sarva, Asheshatah,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 12.24). 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: “sattvaṃ rajastamaścaiva trīnvidyādātmano guṇān
  • sattvam -
  • sattva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sattva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • rajas -
  • rajas (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    rajas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    raja (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tamaś -
  • tamas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    tama (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • cai -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • trīn -
  • tri (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • vidyād -
  • vidya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    vid (verb class 2)
    [optative active third single]
  • ātmano* -
  • ātman (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • guṇān -
  • guṇa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “yairvyāpyaimān sthito bhāvānmahān sarvānaśeṣataḥ
  • yair -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • vyāpyai -
  • vyāpin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single]
    vyāpin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    vyāpya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vyāpya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vyāpī (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]
    vyāpī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [instrumental single], [dative single]
    vyāpī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    vyāpyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aimā -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first plural]
  • an -
  • sthito* -
  • sthita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    sthā -> sthita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √sthā class 1 verb]
  • bhāvān -
  • bhāva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative plural], [ablative single]
    bhāvat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • mahān -
  • maha (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
    mahat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • sarvān -
  • sarva (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • aśeṣataḥ -
  • aśeṣataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
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