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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as water, cow and prayers. In IX.97.9, s膩ya峁嘺 says, 'g膩va岣�
anye gantarah.' In IX.101.8 he gives double meaning 'gava岣�
stutilak峁峁嘺 vaca岣� athava dhenavah. Here the first meaning
is more appropriate. The Rk praises soma. Thus, it can be
explained as priyatam膩岣� dipt膩岣� stutaya岣� somasya madartham
stuvanti. The second meaning 'the affectionate emulous
cows celebrate soma for his exhilaration' is not appropriate.
At RV.X.92.2, Saya峁嘺 explains gavah gamansvabhava and
quotes Yaska (Niru.12.7) gavah gamanat (usasah)
Commenting upon RV.X.85.13 savitra datta qava岣� which
is related to surya vivaha and at RV X.172.1, he says
usaso vahanabhuta gavah.
5. Gavah: Is used in two places, i.e. VI.28.6 and
X.100.10. In both the places it is vocative (addressing
the cows which are deified).
6. Gavah iva: This word is used in three places to
mean as cows. In X.146.3, S膩ya峁嘺 interpretes 'gavay膩dya
m峁沢膩h iva.' (VIII.43.17; X.146.3; 149.4).
7. Gava: Used only in V.27.16 (two bulls).
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