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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Yaska in his Nirukta ( 3.21) states men膩 and gn膩h are
63 synonyms of women. Gnah are so called because men go to
them (gacchanti),
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64 41, Vipas The word vioah is listed in ahgulinam膩ni
(Nigh.2.5.9) and the word vipah is listed in medhavinamani
(3.15.14). The word vip盲 occurs in five places, (V.68.1,
IX. 3.2; 22,3; 65.12; X.99.6). In three places vipa is
interpreted as angulinamani (IX.3.2; 65.12; X.99.6). In
three places the form vipam is interpreted as vipr膩峁嚹乵
medhavinam. The word is not used in the sense of vac
anywhere,
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42. Nana: The word occurs only in RV. IX.112.3.
65 Sayana
abterpretes it as mother or daughter. Yaska in his Nirukta
(6.5) derives the word nana from the root nam meaning
either mother or daughter.
the sence 'vac.
The word nana does not have
63. 20310 40 啶椸啶ㄠぞ啶た啶� 啶︵啶掂お啶む啶ㄠ啶た啶� 啷� 啶涏え啷嵿う啶距啶膏た 啶掂 啶椸啶ㄠぞ啶� [gn膩bhi岣� devapatn墨bhi岣� | chand膩峁僺i vai gn膩岣� ] "
啶囙い啶� 啶む啶む啶むた啶班啶啶 啷� 啶椸ぞ啶い啷嵿ぐ啷嵿く啶距う啷�啶ㄠた 啶涏え啷嵿う啶距啶膏た 啶� 啶︵啶掂お啶む啶ㄠ啶
啶囙い啷嵿く啷佮啷嵿い啶 啷�
[iti taittir墨yakam | g膩yatry膩d墨ni chand膩峁僺i ca devapatnya岣�
ityuktam |
] 640 65.
5.43.6. 啶椸啶ㄠぞ啶 啶︵啶掂啶� 啷� 啶膏ぐ啷嵿さ啷堗ぐ啷嵿啶ㄠ啶むさ啷嵿く啶距 啶忇い啶ㄠ啶ㄠぞ啶た啶曕ぞ啶� 啶︵啶掂い啶距ぎ啷� 啷�
[gn膩m dev墨峁� | sarvairgantavy膩峁� etann膩mik膩峁� devat膩m |
] "啶啶ㄠぞ 啶椸啶ㄠぞ 啶囙い啶� 啶膏啶む啶班啶｀ぞ啶� 啶灌 啶ㄠた啶班. [main膩 gn膩 iti str墨峁嚹佱箖 hai niru. ] 3.21. 8 啶囙い啶� 啶ぞ啶膏啶曕 啷�
[iti y膩ska岣� |
] 9.65.12. 啶掂た啶ぞ 啷� [vip膩 | ] "啶掂た啶� 啶啶班啶班ぃ啷� [vi峁 prera峁噀] " 啷� 啶灌さ啷�啶傕し啷嵿く啶椸啶ㄠ 啶啶班啶班く啶ㄠ啶む啶むた
啶掂た啶啶� 啶�. 啶椸啶侧く啶� 啷� 啶忇啶掂啶ㄠ 啶涏ぞ啶ㄠ啶︵じ啶 啷�
啶ㄠえ啶� 啷� 啶ぞ啶むぞ 啶︵啶灌た啶むぞ 啶掂ぞ 啷� 啶ㄠぎ啶曕啶班た啶ぞ 啶啶椸啶い啷嵿さ啶距い啷� 啷� 啶ぞ啶むぞ 啶栢げ啷嵿さ啶い啷嵿く啶�
啶啶班い啶� 啶膏啶むえ啶ぞ啶ㄠぞ啶︵た啶ㄠぞ 啶ㄠぎ啶ㄠざ啷�啶侧ぞ 啶さ啶むた 啷� 啶︵啶灌た啶むぞ 啶掂ぞ 啶多ざ啷嵿ぐ啷傕し啶距ぐ啷嵿ぅ啶 啷�
啶ㄠえ啶� 啶ㄠぎ啶む啶班啶ぞ啶むぞ 啶掂ぞ 啶︵啶灌た啶むぞ 啶掂ぞ 啶ㄠた啶班. [| hav墨峁冡梗yagn墨 prerayant墨ti
vipo' i. gulaya岣� | ekavacana峁� ch膩ndasam |
nan膩 | m膩t膩 duhit膩 v膩 | namakriy膩 yogyatv膩t | m膩t膩 khalvapatya峁�
prati stanap膩n膩din膩 namana艣墨l膩 bhavati | duhit膩 v膩 艣a艣r奴峁Ｄ乺tham |
nan膩 namaterm膩t膩 v膩 duhit膩 v膩 niru. ] 6.5.8
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