मनु-स्मृतिः
manu-smṛtiḥ
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chapter-10, verse-18
जातो निषादात्शूद्रायां जात्या भवति पुक्कसः ।
शूद्राज जातो निषाद्यां तु स वै कुक्कुटकः स्मृतः ॥१८॥
शूद्राज जातो निषाद्यां तु स वै कुक्कुटकः स्मृतः ॥१८॥
18. jāto niṣādātśūdrāyāṁ jātyā bhavati pukkasaḥ ,
śūdrāj jāto niṣādyāṁ tu sa vai kukkuṭakaḥ smṛtaḥ.
śūdrāj jāto niṣādyāṁ tu sa vai kukkuṭakaḥ smṛtaḥ.
18.
jātaḥ niṣādāt śūdrāyām jātyā bhavati pukkasaḥ
śūdrāt jātaḥ niṣādyām tu sa vai kukkuṭakaḥ smṛtaḥ
śūdrāt jātaḥ niṣādyām tu sa vai kukkuṭakaḥ smṛtaḥ
18.
niṣādāt śūdrāyām jātaḥ jātyā pukkasaḥ bhavati tu
śūdrāt niṣādyām jātaḥ sa vai kukkuṭakaḥ smṛtaḥ
śūdrāt niṣādyām jātaḥ sa vai kukkuṭakaḥ smṛtaḥ
18.
A person born from a niṣāda man and a śūdrā woman becomes, by birth, a pukkasa. However, one born from a śūdra man and a niṣādī woman is indeed known as a kukkuṭaka.
Words meanings summery:
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- जातः (jātaḥ) - born (born, produced, arisen)
- निषादात् (niṣādāt) - from a Niṣāda (man of a specific mixed caste)
- शूद्रायाम् (śūdrāyām) - in a Śūdrā (woman of the fourth social class)
- जात्या (jātyā) - by birth (by birth, by caste, by nature)
- भवति (bhavati) - becomes (becomes, is, exists)
- पुक्कसः (pukkasaḥ) - a Pukkasa (a specific low mixed caste)
- शूद्रात् (śūdrāt) - from a Śūdra (man of the fourth social class)
- जातः (jātaḥ) - born (born, produced, arisen)
- निषाद्याम् (niṣādyām) - in a Niṣādī (woman)
- तु (tu) - however (but, however, indeed)
- स (sa) - he (he, that)
- वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, verily, certainly)
- कुक्कुटकः (kukkuṭakaḥ) - a Kukkuṭaka (a specific low mixed caste)
- स्मृतः (smṛtaḥ) - is known, is declared (remembered, known, declared, taught)
Words meanings and morphology
जातः (jātaḥ) - born (born, produced, arisen)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of jāta
jāta - born, produced, arisen, happened
Past Passive Participle
From root jan (to be born, produce), kta (past participle) suffix
Root: jan (class 4)
निषादात् (niṣādāt) - from a Niṣāda (man of a specific mixed caste)
(noun)
Ablative, masculine, singular of niṣāda
niṣāda - a man of a low caste (son of a Brāhmaṇa father and a Śūdra mother); a hunter
शूद्रायाम् (śūdrāyām) - in a Śūdrā (woman of the fourth social class)
(noun)
Locative, feminine, singular of śūdrā
śūdrā - a woman of the Śūdra class
जात्या (jātyā) - by birth (by birth, by caste, by nature)
(noun)
Instrumental, feminine, singular of jāti
jāti - birth, lineage, caste, kind, species
भवति (bhavati) - becomes (becomes, is, exists)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of bhū
Root: bhū (class 1)
पुक्कसः (pukkasaḥ) - a Pukkasa (a specific low mixed caste)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of pukkasa
pukkasa - a man of a particular low mixed caste (son of a Niṣāda by a Śūdra woman)
शूद्रात् (śūdrāt) - from a Śūdra (man of the fourth social class)
(noun)
Ablative, masculine, singular of śūdra
śūdra - a man of the fourth or lowest of the four chief social classes
जातः (jātaḥ) - born (born, produced, arisen)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of jāta
jāta - born, produced, arisen, happened
Past Passive Participle
From root jan (to be born, produce), kta (past participle) suffix
Root: jan (class 4)
निषाद्याम् (niṣādyām) - in a Niṣādī (woman)
(noun)
Locative, feminine, singular of niṣādī
niṣādī - a female Niṣāda
तु (tu) - however (but, however, indeed)
(indeclinable)
स (sa) - he (he, that)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of tad
tad - that, he, she, it
वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, verily, certainly)
(indeclinable)
कुक्कुटकः (kukkuṭakaḥ) - a Kukkuṭaka (a specific low mixed caste)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of kukkuṭaka
kukkuṭaka - a man of a particular low mixed caste (son of a Śūdra by a Niṣādī woman); a cock
स्मृतः (smṛtaḥ) - is known, is declared (remembered, known, declared, taught)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of smṛta
smṛta - remembered, thought of, known, declared, mentioned
Past Passive Participle
From root smṛ (to remember), kta (past participle) suffix
Root: smṛ (class 1)