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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. K膩kut: The word occurs in three places with its
two forms. Kakut is interpreted as jihva (tongue) in
VI.41.2; it is in the form kakuda岣� (1,8.7 as 'mukhasam-
badhinyah' and the other form kakudam (VIII.69,12) as
talum, samudrakhyam).
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176 The word is interpreted by Y膩ska in his Nirukta.
He states "Palate is called kakudam. Kokuv盲 signifies
tongue, that tongue is placed under it. Tongue is called
kokuva because, being noisy (kokuyamana) it utters sourris,
"
(or it may be derived from the root kok奴ya meaning, to
涓�
make a sound),
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46 29. Jihva: The word occurs in forty nine places with
its forms. Only in three places the word is interpreted
as vac (1.87.5; VI. 67.8; 37.12). The word is explained in
twenty nine places in the sense of ivala and in thirteen
places in the sense of tongue. It may be noted that aoni
iv膩l膩 is figuratively called jihva in many places. A few
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啶ㄠた啶班啶曕啶� [苍颈谤奴办迟补 ] 5.26. 啶曕ぞ啶曕啶︵ 啶むぞ啶掂た啶む啶ぞ啶啷嵿し啶む 啷� 啶溹た啶灌啶掂ぞ 啶曕啶曕啶掂ぞ 啷�
啶膏ぞ 啶呧じ啷嵿ぎ啶苦え啷嵿ぇ啷�啶い啷� 啷� 啶溹た啶掂ぞ 啶曕啶曕啶掂ぞ 啷� 啶曕啶曕啶ぎ啶距え啶� 啶掂ぐ啷嵿し啶距
啶ㄠ啶︵い啶� 啶囙い啶� 啶掂ぞ 啷� 啶曕啶曕啶い啷囙さ 啶膏啶ぞ啶氞啶涏が啷嵿が 啶曕ぐ啷嵿ぎ啶｀
[k膩kuda峁� t膩vity膩yak峁te | jihv膩 kokuv膩 |
s膩 asmindh墨yate | jiv膩 kokuv膩 | kok奴yam膩n膩 var峁Ｄ佱箖
nudati iti v膩 | kok奴yateva sy膩cchabba karma峁嘺岣�
] 46. 啶溹た啷掄さ啶距 啶溹た啷掄啷嵿し啷嵿さ啶距ぎ啶�, 啶溹た啶掂ぞ啶�, 啶溹た啶灌啶掂ぞ啶ぞ, 啶溹た啶掂ぐ啷嵿く啶�
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[ji啷抳膩岣� ji啷択峁膩mi, jiv膩ma, jihv膩y膩, jivary膩
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