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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. Svarah: The word occurs in the form svari峁嘺.
However, the form svara is used as verb in three places
and avaravahaas svarumantah in four places.
Svare is
used as Sabda karma svarau as pasvanjanakale.
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But the form svare峁嘺 occurs in 1.62.21. S膩ya峁嘺
explains it as udatta or mandra sound. The word is used
50 as an adjective to stubh (stotra)..
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32. Sabdah: The word does not occur in the Rgveda.
The form Sabdaya occurs in Ma 30,19 and K膩.34.4.1 sa峁僪it膩s.
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51 33. Svanah: The word with its forms occurs in twelve
places, Sayana explains it as sound (Sabda).
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34. Rk: Its form Fkbhi岣� occurs in II, 35.12.
Sayana
interpretes it as mantraih.
{
1 50. 啶夃う啶距い啷嵿い啶距う啶� 啶多啶班さ啷嵿く啶膏啶掂ぐ啷嬥お啷囙い啷囙え 啷� 啶う啷嵿ぐ啶� 啷� 啶え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ啶ぇ啷嵿く啶ぞ啶︵た 啶膏啶掂ぐ啷囙ぃ
啶膏啶む啶ぞ 啶膏啶む啶む啶班ぃ |
[ud膩tt膩di 艣ravyasvaropetena | yadr膩 | mandramadhyam膩di svare峁嘺
stubh膩 stotra峁嘺 |
] 51. 啶膏啶掂啶ㄠぞ啶�, 啶膏啶掂え啷�, 啶膏啶掂啶ㄠぞ啶ㄠ 啶膏啶掂え啶�,
[sva啷抧膩岣�, svane, sva啷抧膩n svani,
] 52.
5.87.5, 啶膏啶掂え啶� 啶ぐ啷佮い啶距 啶掂啶椸啶ㄠた啶む 啶多が啷嵿う啶� 啷�
[svana岣� marut膩峁� vegajanita岣� 艣abda岣� |
] }
9.50. 1. 啶膏ぎ啷佮う啷嵿ぐ啶膏啶� 啶むぐ啶權啶� 啶о啶掂え啶苦 啷�
[samudrasya tara峁単a dhvani岣� |
] 5.60.3. 啶膏啶掂え啷� 啶く啶傕啶班ざ啶啶︵ 啷�
[svane bhaya峁僰ara艣abde |
] J
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