Essay name: Nighantu (critical study)
Author:
Gopalakrishna N. Bhat
Affiliation: Karnatak University / Department of Sanskrit
This is an English study of the Nighantu and its commentary called the Nirukta by Yaska. The Nighantu is an ancient Sanskrit lexicon dealing with the words of the Vedic language. This essay presents a detailed analysis of the extant five chapters of this text and examines it's authorship, tracing meanings of words through Vedic texts by providing a comparative study involving Sayana's interpretations and connections with other texts like Amarakosa.
Chapter 3 - First Adhyaya (chapter) of the Nighantu (study)
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L 160 In the rest of the places the word is interpreted
3 differently. (In some places with alternative meanings).
The word is also used as a prose formula (for sacrifice)
in III.53,10.
Y膩ska (Niru.9,9)4 derives the word 艣loka from the
root Jbr (to break open),
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2. Dhara: The word occurs in one hundred and seven
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places with its forms. Out of these in one hundred and
three places it is used in the sense of 'flow' of Soma,
mainly in the IX mandala, or in the sense of udaka (water)
or ghee.
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3.
1. 190. 4. 8 啶啶灌じ啷嵿お啶む啶� 啷� 啶多啶侧啶曕 啶膏啶む啶む啶ぞ啶む啶た啶曕ぞ 啶曕啶班啶むた啶� 啶椸ぐ啷嵿啶苦い啶� 啶掂ぞ啶曕 啶掂ぞ 啷�
[b峁沨aspate岣� | 艣loka岣� stuty膩tmik膩 k墨rti岣� garjit膩 v膩k v膩 |
] 10. 159.3. 啶夃お啶侧啶曕え啷�啶 啶ざ啶� 啷�
[upalokan墨ya峁� ya艣a岣� |
] 1.51. 12. 啶多啶侧啶� 啶膏啶む啶む啶班げ啶曕啶粪ぃ 啶掂ぞ啶氞 啶ざ啷� 啶掂ぞ 啷� [艣loka stotralak峁峁嘺 v膩co ya艣o v膩 | ] "啶多啶侧啶� 啶膏啶樴ぞ啶む 啷�
啶多啶侧啶曕啶い啷� 啶囙い啶苦ざ啷嵿げ啷嬥啶� 啷�
[艣loka sa峁僩h膩te |
艣lokyate iti艣loka岣� |
] 3.53.10. 啶多啶侧啶曕啶い啷� 啶多じ啷嵿く啶む 啶呧え啷囙え 啶囙い啶� 啶多啶侧啶曕 啶多じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ啶 啷�
[艣lokyate 艣asyate anena iti 艣loka岣� 艣astram |
] 4.53.3. ymfedy. I
4. 啶多啶侧啶曕 啶多啶｀啶む啶� 啷�
[艣loka岣� 艣峁涐箛ote岣� |
] 5. 啶оぞ啶班啶� 啶оぞ啶班く啶�, 啶оぞ啶班ぞ啶�, 啶оぞ啶班ぞ啶た啶� 啷�
[dh膩r墨岣� dh膩ray膩, dh膩r膩ma, dh膩r膩bhi岣� |
] f
