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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External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)
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Words
No. of times
used.
9 喈�
Mandra
15 No. of times used
in the sense assigned
34 (used as adjective)
10 MandrajanI
1 11 vasi \
10 4
12 Vani
22 18
13 va峁噄cI
1 14 Va峁嘺岣�
6 15 Pavi岣�
13 16 Bharati
12 9
17 Dhamanih
1 l
18 Najih
1 1
19 Ma
20 Melih
2 1
21 surya
24 22 Sarasvati
71 49
23 Nivit
6 6
24 Sv膩h膩
19 5
25 Vagnu岣�
7 7
26 Upabdi岣�
6 27 Mayu岣�
4 28 K膩kut
3 (tongue)
1 29
Jihva
49 3
30 Gho峁岣�
24 4
31 Svara岣�
1 32 Sabda岣�
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