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 12.26

सत्त्वं ज्ञानं तमोऽज्ञानं रागद्वेषौ रजः स्मृतम् ।
एतद्व्याप्तिमदेतेषां सर्वभूताश्रितं वपुः ॥ २६ ॥

sattvaṃ jñānaṃ tamo'jñānaṃ rāgadveṣau rajaḥ smṛtam |
etadvyāptimadeteṣāṃ sarvabhūtāśritaṃ vapuḥ || 26 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 12.26 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 (12.26). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sattva, Jnana, Tama, Tamas, Ajnana, Ragadvesha, Raja, Rajas, Smrita, Etad, Vyaptimat, Esha, Sarvabhuta, Ashrita, Vapu, Vapus,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 12.26). 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 jñānaṃ tamo'jñānaṃ rāgadveṣau rajaḥ smṛtam
  • sattvam -
  • sattva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sattva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • jñānam -
  • jñāna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    jñānā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • tamo' -
  • tamas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    tama (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ajñānam -
  • ajñāna (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ajñāna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    ajñānā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • rāgadveṣau -
  • rāgadveṣa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • rajaḥ -
  • rajas (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    rajas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    raja (noun, masculine)
    [nominative 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]
  • Line 2: “etadvyāptimadeteṣāṃ sarvabhūtāśritaṃ vapuḥ
  • etad -
  • etad (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    etad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    etad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • vyāptimad -
  • vyāptimat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    vyāptimat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • eteṣām -
  • etad (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    eṣa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
  • sarvabhūtā -
  • sarvabhūta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sarvabhūta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sarvabhūtā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aśritam -
  • aśrita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    aśrita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    aśritā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • vapuḥ -
  • vapus (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    vapus (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    vapu (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    vapu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
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