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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$ 180 55 36. Cih: The word and its forms occur in three hundred
and eighty three places. In all the places it is used in
the sense of vac. It is mainly interpreted as stuti or
stotra. In some places sāyaṇa interpretes the Rks with
56 derivations They are given below. Yaska derives the
word girah. (songs) from the root ar (to speak), (Niru. 1.10),
57 37. Gatha: Its forms' occur in twelve places. Everywhere
it is interpreted in the sense of vac or stuti or stotra.
55. गी� [ī� ] 5 भि�, गिरः, निर॑म्, गुरा, गिरे, गीर्�
[bhi�, gira�, nira॑m, gurā, gire, gīrṣa
] 56.
7.73. 1. गी� � गरित� स्तोता वसिष्ठ� � स्तौति
[ī� | garitā stotā vasiṣṭha� | stauti
] 1.37.10. गिरव� सुनव� � वा� उत्पादका� मरुत� � वायव� हि
तालवोष्टादिष� संचरन्तो वाचमुत्पादयन्त� �
[girava� sunava� | vāca utpādakā� maruta� | vāyavo hi
tālavoṣṭādiṣu saṃcaranto vācamutpādayanti |
] 1.61.4 शस्त्रसंबन्धिनी� केवल� अचश्� �
[śastrasaṃbandhinī� kevalā acaśca |
] 1.178.3. स्तुतिरूपाणि वचांसि स्तोतन� वा �
[stutirūpāṇi vacāṃsi stotanu vā |
] 2.35.1. गुणातीति गी� स्तोता तस्य �
[guṇātīti ī� stotā tasya |
] 7.39.5. गरणीयान् स्तुत्यान् दैवान् अस्मदीयं यज्ञ� प्रत� आह्वयन्त� �
[garaṇīyān stutyān daivān asmadīya� yajña� prati āhvayanti |
] 45. 4. गृणन्त� स्तुवन्तीति गिरः स्तोत्रय� प्रजाः � यद्व� � इमाः
स्तुतिरूपा वाचः �
[gṛṇanti stuvantīti gira� stotraya� prajā� | yadvā | imā�
stutirūpā vāca� |
] 8669.14, माध्यमिकया वाचा स्तुतिलक्षणय� �
[mādhyamikayā vācā stutilakṣaṇayā |
] 57. गाथेया, गाथाभि�, गाधिनः, गाथान्यै�, गाथा॒न्यैम�
गाथम गाथऽपतिम� गा� श्रवसम� �
�
[gātheyā, gāthābhi�, gādhina�, gāthānyai�, gāthā॒nyaim
gāthama gātha'patim gāya śravasam |
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