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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examples are given below. 84 191 Yaska in his Nirukta (2,23) derives the word, vac (speech)
3 from the rootjvae (to speak) (vac kasmat vaceh) 鈥�
51. Anustup: The word does not occur in the Roveda
Yaska in his Nirukta (7.12) states that the word is so
called from *praising after' (anustobhanat).
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52. Dhenuh: The word occurs with its forms in one-
hundred and twenty four places. Out of these in ninety
seven places the word is used in the sense of cow (i.e.
84.
1. 173.3. 啶掂ぞ啶曕 啷� 啶膏啶む啶ぎ啶距え啶� 啶膏啶む啶掂え啷� 啶掂ぞ 啶︵啶掂ぞ啶ㄠ 啷�
[v膩k | st奴yam膩na岣� stuvan v膩 dev膩n |
] 1.79.10. 啶掂ぞ啶氞啶� 啷� 啶呧き啶苦う啶оい啷�啶� 啶椸た啶班 [v膩ce岣� | abhidadhat墨岣� gira岣� ] 8 190.2. 啶ぞ啶о啶ぎ啶苦啶距 啷�
啶う啷嵿さ啶� 啶灌啶む啶班ぞ啶た 啶啶班啶班た啶むぞ 啶掂ぞ啶氞 [m膩dhyamik膩岣� |
yadv膩 hotr膩pi prerit膩 v膩ca岣� ] 1 9.33.40 啶むた啶啶班 啶掂ぞ啶氞 啷� 啶嬥啶距う啶� 啶啶︵啶�
啶む啶班た啶掂た啶оぞ 啶膏啶む啶むた啶� | [timro v膩ca岣� | 峁沢膩di bhedena
trividh膩 stuti岣� | ] 1.164.35. 啶掂ぞ啶氞 啶え啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ啶距う啶�-啶班啶ぞ啶ぞ啶� 啷�
[v膩ca岣� mantr膩di-r奴p膩y膩岣� |
] 164.37. 啶忇啶距い啷嵿ぎ啶啶班い啶苦お啶距う啶苦啶ぞ 啶夃お啶ㄠた啶粪う啶距く啷� 啶う啶� 啶掂啶︵ぎ啶膏啶啶む啶啶曕啶むく啶�
[ek膩tmapratip膩dikay膩 upani峁d膩yo yadi vaidamasm墨tyuktay膩
] 10.71.3. 啶ぞ啶班啶椸ぎ啷� 啷�
[m膩rgam |
] 1.168.8. 啶掂ぞ啶氞ぎ啷� | 啶多が啷嵿う啶� 啶膏啶むえ啶苦い啶� 啶侧啷嵿し啶｀ぎ啷� 啷� 啶掂ぞ 啷�
啶呧え啷冟い啶掂啶ㄠぎ啷堗え啶� 啶ぞ啶む啶оぞ啶ㄠぎ啷� 啷�
[v膩cam | 艣abda峁� stanita峁� lak峁峁嘺m | v膩 |
an峁泃avacanamaina峁� y膩tudh膩nam |
] 1.0.87.15. 啶掂ぞ啶氞ぞ -啶膏啶むえ啶
[v膩c膩 -stanam
] 85. 啶о啶ㄠ [诲丑别苍奴 ] s 啶囙い啶�, 啶о啶ㄠ, 啶о啶ㄠ啶冟そ 啶堗さ,
啶о啶ㄠ啶い啷嵿く啷囙, 啶о啶ㄠく, 啶︵啶�, 啶оえ,
啶оえ啶掂, 啶о啷掄え啶掂, 啶оえ啷�, 啶о啶ㄠ啶た啶�, 啶о啶ㄠ啶い啷�,
啶啶ㄠ 啶︵啶�, 啶о啶ㄠ啶ㄠぞ啶, 啶о啶ㄠ啶� 啷�
[iti, dhenu, dhenu岣�' 墨va,
dhenumatye峁�, dhenaya, deva, dhana,
dhanavai, dhe啷抧ava啷�, dhanu, dhenubhi岣�, dhenumat墨,
pena岣� deva, 诲丑别苍奴n膩m, dheno岣� |
] +
