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 12.56

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कृमिकीटपतङ्गानां विड्भुजां चैव पक्षिणाम् ।
हिंस्राणां चैव सत्त्वानां सुरापो ब्राह्मणो व्रजेत् ॥ ५६ ॥

kṛmikīṭapataṅgānāṃ viḍbhujāṃ caiva pakṣiṇām |
hiṃsrāṇāṃ caiva sattvānāṃ surāpo brāhmaṇo vrajet || 56 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 12.56 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 (12.56). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Krimi, Krimin, Kitapatanga, Vidbhuj, Vidbhuja, Pakshin, Himsra, Sattva, Surapa, Brahmana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 12.56). 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: “kṛmikīṭapataṅgānāṃ viḍbhujāṃ caiva pakṣiṇām ”
kṛmi -
kṛmi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

kṛmi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

kṛmī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

kṛmin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

kṛmin (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
kīṭapataṅgānām -
kīṭapataṅga (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]
viḍbhujām -
viḍbhuj (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

viḍbhuj (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

viḍbhujā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
pakṣiṇām -
pakṣin (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

pakṣin (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]
Line 2: “hiṃsrāṇāṃ caiva sattvānāṃ surāpo brāhmaṇo vrajet ”
hiṃsrāṇām -
hiṃsra (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

hiṃsra (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

hiṃsrā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
sattvānām -
sattva (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

sattva (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]
surāpo* -
surāpa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
brāhmaṇo* -
brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vrajet -
√vraj (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023