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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ar猫 interpreted as gauravar峁嘺-qavah and gam respectively
(gaurya岣� 1.84.10; gauryam IV. 12.61 X,126.8).7
The word gauri-vita岣� occurs in V.29.11. sayana
explains gauri-viti as the name of a seer.
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1 The word gauri is also listed in the V chapter of
the Nighantu (5.5.28).
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Y膩ska (Niru.11.39)鲁 derives the word gaurl from the
root 'ruc,' meaning to shine. The word word gaura,
which means white colour is derived from the same root,
it is praiseworthy. It may be noted that Y膩ska does not
state that the word belongs to the v盲nnamani.
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啶椸啶班啶洁啶むた 啶椸啶班啶�, 啶椸啶班啶ぎ啷�, 啶椸啶班た啶洁さ啷�啶む 啷�
啶椸啶班啶啶苦い啷� 啶椸啶班 啶椸ぞ啶お啶� . [gaur墨'iti gaur墨岣�, gauryam, gauri'v墨ta岣� |
gauryacit gaur墨 g膩mapi . ] 4.12.6.
啶�. [ca.] 10.126.8. 啶椸啶班啶� 啶氞た啶む 啷� 啶椸啶班 啶椸啶班さ啶班啶｀ぞ 啶膏啶啶ぃ啷�啶� 啶椸ぞ啶 啷�
[gaurya cit | gaur墨 gauravar峁嚹� somakapa峁嚹箖 g膩m |
] "啶粪た啶︵啷屶ぐ啶距う啶苦き啷嵿く啶多啶� [峁诲补驳补耻谤腻诲颈产丑测补艣肠补] " 啶ぞ. 啶膏. [p膩. s奴. ] 4.1418 啶囙い啶� 啶權啶粪 啷�
[iti 峁吥梗 |
] * 啶呧き啶苦お啷傕ぐ啷嵿さ啶� 啷� 啶ぞ. 啶膏. [abhip奴rva岣� 1 p膩. s奴. ] 6.1.107) 啶囙い啷嵿く啶む啶� 啶掂ぞ 啶涏え啷嵿う啶膏た 啶︵啶掂ぞ. 啶膏. [ityatra v膩 chandasi dev膩. su. ] 6.1.1063
啶囙い啷嵿く啶ㄠ啶掂ぐ啷嵿い啶ㄠぞ啶む啶啶班啶掂ぐ啷傕お啶膏啶お啷傕ぐ啷嵿さ啶膏さ啶班啶｀う啷�啶班啶樴じ啷嵿く 啶氞ぞ啶ぞ啶掂 啶ぃ啷囙 啷�
[ityanuvartan膩tp奴rvar奴pasyap奴rvasavar峁嘺d墨rghasya c膩bh膩ve ya峁噀峁� |
] 8. 啶椸啶班 啶班啶氞い啷囙 啷� 啶溹啶掂げ啶むた 啶曕ぐ啷嵿ぎ啶｀ 啷� 啶呧く啶お啷�啶むぐ啷� 啶椸啶班
啶掂ぐ啷嵿ぃ 啶忇い啶膏啶ぞ啶︵啶� 啷� 啶啶班ざ啶膏啶 啶さ啶むた 啷�
[gaur墨 rocate岣� | jvalati karma峁嘺岣� | ayamap墨tar墨 gaur墨
var峁嘺 etasm膩deva | pra艣asyo bhavati |
]
