मनु-स्मृतिः
manu-smṛtiḥ
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chapter-11, verse-200
षष्ठान्नकालता मासं संहिताजप एव वा ।
होमाश्च सकला नित्यमपाङ्क्त्यानां विशोधनम ॥२००॥
होमाश्च सकला नित्यमपाङ्क्त्यानां विशोधनम ॥२००॥
200. ṣaṣṭhānnakālatā māsaṁ saṁhitājapa eva vā ,
homāśca sakalā nityamapāṅktyānāṁ viśodhanam.
homāśca sakalā nityamapāṅktyānāṁ viśodhanam.
200.
ṣaṣṭhānnakālatā māsam saṃhitājapaḥ eva vā
homāḥ ca sakalāḥ nityam apāṅktyānām viśodhanam
homāḥ ca sakalāḥ nityam apāṅktyānām viśodhanam
200.
ṣaṣṭhānnakālatā māsam vā saṃhitājapaḥ eva vā
sakalāḥ homāḥ nityam apāṅktyānām viśodhanam
sakalāḥ homāḥ nityam apāṅktyānām viśodhanam
200.
Observing a diet of eating only every sixth meal for a month, or chanting the (Saṃhitā) Vedic texts, or performing all (homa) fire rituals regularly, serves as a purification for those who are excluded from a communal meal (apāṅktya).
Words meanings summery:
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- षष्ठान्नकालता (ṣaṣṭhānnakālatā) - observing a diet of eating only every sixth meal (the state of eating on the sixth day; condition of eating only every sixth meal)
- मासम् (māsam) - for a month, during a month
- संहिताजपः (saṁhitājapaḥ) - chanting the (Saṃhitā) Vedic texts (chanting of the Saṃhitā (Vedic texts))
- एव (eva) - indeed, just, only, even
- वा (vā) - or (or, either...or)
- होमाः (homāḥ) - (homa) fire rituals ((fire rituals), oblations)
- च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)
- सकलाः (sakalāḥ) - all (of them) (all, whole, complete)
- नित्यम् (nityam) - regularly (constantly, regularly, always)
- अपाङ्क्त्यानाम् (apāṅktyānām) - for those who are excluded from a communal meal (apāṅktya) (of those unfit for a line, of outcasts, of those who contaminate a row)
- विशोधनम् (viśodhanam) - purification, cleansing, means of purification
Words meanings and morphology
षष्ठान्नकालता (ṣaṣṭhānnakālatā) - observing a diet of eating only every sixth meal (the state of eating on the sixth day; condition of eating only every sixth meal)
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of ṣaṣṭhānnakālatā
ṣaṣṭhānnakālatā - the state of eating on the sixth day, the practice of taking food only once every three days (i.e., at the sixth meal, counting from the first day)
Compound type : tatpurusha (ṣaṣṭha+anna+kāla+tā)
- ṣaṣṭha – sixth
adjective (masculine) - anna – food, grain
noun (neuter) - kāla – time
noun (masculine) - tā – suffix for abstract noun (state, condition)
noun (feminine)
मासम् (māsam) - for a month, during a month
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of māsa
māsa - month
संहिताजपः (saṁhitājapaḥ) - chanting the (Saṃhitā) Vedic texts (chanting of the Saṃhitā (Vedic texts))
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃhitājapa
saṁhitājapa - chanting or recitation of the Saṃhitā (the collected hymns and prayers of the Vedas)
Compound type : tatpurusha (saṃhitā+japa)
- saṃhitā – collection, compilation, particularly the Samhita portion of the Vedas
noun (feminine) - japa – muttering, repeating prayers, recitation
noun (masculine)
Root: √jap (class 1)
Note: Refers to the recitation of Vedic mantras.
एव (eva) - indeed, just, only, even
(indeclinable)
वा (vā) - or (or, either...or)
(indeclinable)
होमाः (homāḥ) - (homa) fire rituals ((fire rituals), oblations)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of homa
homa - an oblation, a fire ritual, sacrifice
Derived from root √hu (to offer).
Root: √hu (class 3)
च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)
(indeclinable)
सकलाः (sakalāḥ) - all (of them) (all, whole, complete)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of sakala
sakala - whole, entire, complete, all
Compound type : bahuvrihi (sa+kalā)
- sa – with, together with
indeclinable - kalā – part, portion, digit
noun (feminine)
Note: Agrees with homāḥ.
नित्यम् (nityam) - regularly (constantly, regularly, always)
(indeclinable)
Accusative singular neuter of the adjective nitya used as an adverb.
Note: Adverbial usage.
अपाङ्क्त्यानाम् (apāṅktyānām) - for those who are excluded from a communal meal (apāṅktya) (of those unfit for a line, of outcasts, of those who contaminate a row)
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, plural of apāṅktya
apāṅktya - one who renders a row or company impure, unfit to sit in a line (for meals or any sacred ceremony), outcast, contaminated
`a` (negative) + `paṅktya` (fit for a row)
Compound type : nan-tatpurusha (a+paṅktya)
- a – not, un- (negative prefix)
indeclinable - paṅktya – fit for a row, worthy of society
adjective (masculine)
विशोधनम् (viśodhanam) - purification, cleansing, means of purification
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of viśodhana
viśodhana - purification, cleansing, means of purifying
Derived from root √śudh with prefix vi-.
Prefix: vi
Root: √śudh (class 4)
Note: Serves as the predicate nominative.