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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explains it as a term which is used while offering obl忙
Svaha: The word occurs in nineteen places. Saya峁嘺
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tions into the fire. It is also a synonym of vak. He
states "She is the wife of Agni.". A few examples are given
below. 39
The word is used in the sense of vac. In two
places (1.13.12 and VIII.8.5) the compound forms svaha-krtam,
k峁泃膩ni, and k峁泃asya occur in the sense of oblation, which
is offered.
Y膩ska in his Nirukta (8.20) 40 interpretes the word
sv膩h膩k峁泃ayah. He states "Consecrations are so called
because the word svaha is uttered in them. Or speech herself
said 'well ho!, or it addresses itself, or one offers cbla-
tion which are consecrates with 'suaha) hail'."
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39,
1. 1.3.12. 啶膏啶掂ぞ啶灌ぞ啶多が啷嵿う啷� 啶灌さ啶苦し啷嵿お啷嵿ぐ啶︵ぞ啶ㄠさ啶距啷� 啶膏え啷� 啶忇い啶ㄠ啶ㄠぞ啶啶啷嵿え啶�
啶掂た啶多啶粪 啶侧啷嵿し啷嵿く啶む 啷�
[sv膩h膩艣abdo havi峁rad膩nav膩c墨 san etann膩makamagni
vi艣e峁峁� lak峁ate |
] 8.8.5. zatstgat caretatto arifect what i dat i
zat猫铆a ats. ath | Farfaguut atat ega扭 I
8.63.5. 啶膏啶掂ぞ啶灌ぞ啶掂ぐ啶膏啶� 啶膏啶掂す啶距う啷囙さ啷嵿く啶距 啶い啷囙ぐ啶椸啶ㄠ啶� 啷�
[sv膩h膩varasya svah膩devy膩岣� pateragne岣� |
] 40. 啶膏啶掂ぞ啶灌啶む啶啶むい啷嵿じ啷� 啶嗋す啷囙い啶� 啶掂ぞ 啷� 啶膏啶掂ぞ 啶掂ぞ啶椸ぞ啶灌啶むた 啶掂ぞ 啷� 啶膏啶掂
啶啶班ぞ啶灌啶むた 啶掂ぞ 啷� 啶膏啶掂ぞ啶灌啶む 啶灌さ啶苦ぐ啷嵿啷佮す啷嬥い啷�啶むた 啶掂ぞ 啷�
[sv膩hetyetatsu 膩heti v膩 | sv膩 v膩g膩heti v膩 | sva峁�
pr膩heti v膩 | sv膩huta峁� havirjuhot墨ti v膩 |
] 嗒涏珖.
