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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The word 'gau' used as the first member in a compound.
The word 'gau' is used in a compound as first word in
one hundred and fifty places. Out of these, in twelve
places S膩ya峁嘺 interpretes the word as water, in six places
as 'stuti' or 'v膩c' and in two places as rasmi.' In two
places (RV.X,53.5; 95.11) the word is explained as 'earth.
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32 In five places Saya峁嘺 gives alternative meanings.
The word 'gomatim' in RV.VIII, 24.30 and RV.X.75.6 is inter-
preted as the name of a river. The word go艣arve in RV.
VIII. 49.10 and 50.10 is explained as the name of a ksatriya
and rsi respectively. The word 'gau' is also used as
啶�
[pa
] taddhita in one hundred and three places 33 and interpreted
as goyukta or sahita.
7 31.18 啶椸啶溹ぞ啶むぞ啶� 啶啶啶ぞ啶啶む啶え啷嵿え啶距 啷� 啶う啷嵿さ啶� 啷� 啶椸啶多が啷嵿う啷囙え 啶む啷嵿啶� 啶く
啷�
啶嗋う啶苦啶啶氞啶い啷� 啷� 啶灌た啶掂ぐ啶班啶ム 啶啶班ぞ啶︵啶班啶啶むぞ 啶囙い啷嵿く啶班啶ム 啷� [goj膩t膩岣� bh奴my膩mutpann膩岣� | yadv膩 | go艣abdena tajja峁� paya
|
膩dikamucyate | hivarartha峁� pr膩durbh奴t膩 ityartha岣� | ] 810.53.5.8
2 啶椸啶啶ムぞ啶� 啷� 啶椸啶� 啶啶ムた啶掂 啷� 啶啶ム 啶ぞ啶侧え啶 啷� 啶啶啶班啷嵿し啶｀ぞ啶� 啷�
[gop墨th膩ya | gau岣� p峁泃hiv墨 | p墨tha峁� p膩lanam | bh奴merak峁峁嚹亂a |
] 32. 1.137.1: 啶椸さ啶距ざ啶苦ぐ啶� 啷� 啶椸啶た啶� 啶夃う啶曕啶� 啶た啶多啶班た啶むぞ啶� 啶膏啶溹ぞ啶むぞ啶� 啷�
啶う啷嵿さ啶� 啷� 啶椸啶た啶� 啶膏啶む啶む啶むた啶侧啷嵿し啶｀啶� 啶え啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ啷堗 啶た啶多啶班た啶むぞ啶� 啷�
[gav膩艣ira岣� | gobhi岣� udakai岣� mi艣rit膩岣� sa峁僯膩t膩岣� |
yadv膩 | gobhi岣� stuttilak峁峁嘺i岣� mantrai岣� mi艣rit膩岣� |
] 4.4.5. 啶椸啶溹ぞ啶� 啶椸啶粪 啶班さ啶苦ぎ啶粪 啶溹ぞ啶むぞ啶� 啷� 啶う啷嵿さ啶� 啷� 啶夃う啶曕啶粪
啶掂啶︵啶啶むぐ啷傕お啷囙ぃ 啶掂ぞ 啶溹ぞ啶む 啶呧啷嵿え啶苦, 啶嗋う啶苦い啷嵿く啶� [goj膩岣� go峁 ravima峁 j膩t膩岣� | yadv膩 | udake峁
vaidyutar奴pe峁嘺 v膩 j膩ta岣� agni岣�, 膩ditya岣�] '
862.7. 啶椸啶い啷嵿い啶苦 啶啶班じ啶苦う啷嵿さ啶距え啶距 啶椸さ啶距ぎ啷佮う啶曕ぞ啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶膏啶む啶むた 啶掂啶膏 啶掂ぞ
啶い啶苦 啷� 啶囙え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ啶� ) [gaupatti岣� prasidv膩n膩峁� gav膩mudak膩n膩峁� stuti vacaso v膩
pati岣� 9 indra岣� ) ] 10. 103.5. 啶椸啶掂た啶� 啶夃う啶曕じ啷嵿く 啶膏啶む啶む啶班啶掂ぞ 啶侧が啷嵿ぇ啶� 啶掂啶︵た啶むぞ 啶掂ぞ 啷�
[govita udakasya stutairv膩 labdh膩 vedit膩 v膩 |
] 10.53.5.
33. 啶椸啶い, 啶椸啶い啶�, 啶椸啶い啶�, 啶椸啶い啶�, 啶椸啶い啷�, 啶椸啶い啷�啶, 啶椸啶え啷嵿い啶,
啶椸啶く, 啶椸啶ぞ啶啶� 啷�
[gomata, gomata岣�, gomat膩, gomati, gomat墨, gomat墨m, gomantam,
gomaya, gom膩yu岣� |
]
