मनु-स्मृतिः
manu-smṛtiḥ
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chapter-11, verse-171
पैतृस्वसेयीं भगिनीं स्वस्रीयां मातुरेव च ।
मातुश्च भ्रातुस्तनयां गत्वा चान्द्रायणं चरेत ॥१७१॥
मातुश्च भ्रातुस्तनयां गत्वा चान्द्रायणं चरेत ॥१७१॥
171. paitṛsvaseyīṁ bhaginīṁ svasrīyāṁ mātureva ca ,
mātuśca bhrātustanayāṁ gatvā cāndrāyaṇaṁ caret.
mātuśca bhrātustanayāṁ gatvā cāndrāyaṇaṁ caret.
171.
paitṛsvaseyīm bhaginīm svasr̥yām mātuḥ eva ca
mātuḥ ca bhrātuḥ tanayām gatvā cāndrāyaṇam caret
mātuḥ ca bhrātuḥ tanayām gatvā cāndrāyaṇam caret
171.
paitṛsvaseyīm bhaginīm svasr̥yām mātuḥ eva ca
mātuḥ ca bhrātuḥ tanayām gatvā cāndrāyaṇam caret
mātuḥ ca bhrātuḥ tanayām gatvā cāndrāyaṇam caret
171.
Having had sexual relations with a paternal aunt's daughter, a sister, a sister's daughter, a maternal aunt's daughter, or a maternal uncle's daughter, one should perform the Cāndrāyaṇa penance.
Words meanings summery:
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- पैतृस्वसेयीम् (paitṛsvaseyīm) - paternal aunt's daughter, with whom sexual relations are forbidden (paternal aunt's daughter)
- भगिनीम् (bhaginīm) - one's sister (half-sister or close female relative, given the context of penance) (sister, female relative)
- स्वस्र्̥याम् (svasr̥yām) - one's niece (sister's daughter) (sister's daughter, niece)
- मातुः (mātuḥ) - of the mother, implicitly qualifying a daughter (maternal aunt's daughter) (of the mother)
- एव (eva) - also (only, just, indeed, even, also)
- च (ca) - and (and, also)
- मातुः (mātuḥ) - of the mother (qualifying brother) (of the mother)
- च (ca) - and (and, also)
- भ्रातुः (bhrātuḥ) - of the brother (maternal brother, i.e., maternal uncle) (of the brother)
- तनयाम् (tanayām) - daughter (of the maternal uncle) (daughter)
- गत्वा (gatvā) - having had sexual relations with (having gone, having resorted to, having approached, having had sexual intercourse with)
- चान्द्रायणम् (cāndrāyaṇam) - the Cāndrāyaṇa penance, a specific ritual atonement (Cāndrāyaṇa penance (a lunar penance))
- चरेत् (caret) - one should perform (the penance) (one should perform, one should practice)
Words meanings and morphology
पैतृस्वसेयीम् (paitṛsvaseyīm) - paternal aunt's daughter, with whom sexual relations are forbidden (paternal aunt's daughter)
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of paitṛsvaseyī
paitṛsvaseyī - daughter of a paternal aunt
Derived from pitṛ-svasṛ (father's sister) + eya suffix.
Note: Object of gatvā.
भगिनीम् (bhaginīm) - one's sister (half-sister or close female relative, given the context of penance) (sister, female relative)
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of bhaginī
bhaginī - sister, female relative, female cousin
Note: Object of gatvā.
स्वस्र्̥याम् (svasr̥yām) - one's niece (sister's daughter) (sister's daughter, niece)
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of svasr̥yā
svasr̥yā - sister's daughter, niece
Derived from svasṛ (sister).
Note: Object of gatvā.
मातुः (mātuḥ) - of the mother, implicitly qualifying a daughter (maternal aunt's daughter) (of the mother)
(noun)
Genitive, feminine, singular of mātṛ
mātṛ - mother
Note: Qualifies an implied female relation, specifically 'maternal aunt'.
एव (eva) - also (only, just, indeed, even, also)
(indeclinable)
Note: Emphatic particle or conjunction.
च (ca) - and (and, also)
(indeclinable)
मातुः (mātuḥ) - of the mother (qualifying brother) (of the mother)
(noun)
Genitive, feminine, singular of mātṛ
mātṛ - mother
Note: Qualifies bhrātuḥ.
च (ca) - and (and, also)
(indeclinable)
भ्रातुः (bhrātuḥ) - of the brother (maternal brother, i.e., maternal uncle) (of the brother)
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of bhrātṛ
bhrātṛ - brother
Note: Qualifies tanayām, forming mātuḥ bhrātuḥ tanayām (mother's brother's daughter).
तनयाम् (tanayām) - daughter (of the maternal uncle) (daughter)
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of tanayā
tanayā - daughter, female offspring
Derived from tanu (body) + ya.
Note: Object of gatvā.
गत्वा (gatvā) - having had sexual relations with (having gone, having resorted to, having approached, having had sexual intercourse with)
(indeclinable)
Absolutive/Gerund
Absolutive of root gam (to go).
Root: gam (class 1)
Note: Connects the act of sexual relations to the prescribed penance.
चान्द्रायणम् (cāndrāyaṇam) - the Cāndrāyaṇa penance, a specific ritual atonement (Cāndrāyaṇa penance (a lunar penance))
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of cāndrāyaṇa
cāndrāyaṇa - a lunar penance, a specific ascetic observance where food intake is gradually increased and decreased over a lunar cycle
From candra (moon) + ayana (course/movement).
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (candra+ayana)
- candra – moon
noun (masculine) - ayana – course, movement, path, a year
noun (neuter)
From root i (to go) + ana suffix.
Root: i (class 2)
Note: Object of caret.
चरेत् (caret) - one should perform (the penance) (one should perform, one should practice)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of car
Optative mood, active voice.
3rd person singular, optative, parasmaipada.
Root: car (class 1)
Note: The subject is an implied 'one' (the person who committed the transgression).