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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12
. Adhvat 27 The word occurs with its forms dn
28 forty-two places. Sayana explains it generally as marga.
He interpretes adhvan in RV. VI. 12.3 as svamarge antarikse
Juma, A
and in the RV. I. 104.2, as anusthanamargan.
He explains
adhvana岣� in RV. IV.5.12, as dhanaprapti margasya and in
RV.VI.16.3 mahamargan.
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80 13. Puskaram:
four places.
29 30
The forms' of this word occur in
s膩ya峁嘺 does not comment on puskare which
occurs in VII.33.11; but he quotes brhaddevata (5.149鈥�155).
Y膩ska in his Nirukta (5.14) 31 quotes this Rk and explains
27.
啶呧ぇ啷嵿さ啶� 啶呧う啷� 啶啷嵿し啶｀ 啶呧う啷� [adhv膩 ad bhak峁峁噀 ad] 鈥� 啶啷嵿啷� 啶呧う啶ㄠ 啶膏啶掂じ啷嵿い啶� 啶椸啷嵿啶むぞ啶�
啶啷嵿し啷嵿く啶距う啷�啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶掂た啶粪ぎ啶膏啶ムぞ啶ㄠぞ啶ぞ啶掂ぞ啶む 啶椸啷嵿啶ㄠ啶む啶じ啷嵿ぎ啶苦え啷� 啶︵啶掂ぞ啶︵く啶�
啶囙い啷嵿く啶о啶掂ぞ 啷� 啶呧ぇ啷嬥啶むた啶曕啶班た啶ぞ啶む 啶囙い啶� 啶ぞ啶оさ啶� 啷� 啶う啷嵿さ啶� 啷� 啶呧ぇ啷嵿さ啶�
啶ぞ啶班啶椸啶洁じ啷嵿ぎ啶苦え 啶掂た啶︵啶い啷� 啷� 啶膏え啷嵿い啶� 啶灌た 啶嗋啶距ざ 啶啶掂お啶ムぞ啶︵く啶� 啷�
[pa峁環峁環e adana峁� svasti gacchat膩峁�
pak峁膩d墨n膩峁� vi峁masth膩n膩bh膩v膩t gacchantyasmin dev膩daya峁�
ityadhv膩 | adhogatikriy膩t iti m膩dhava岣� | yadv膩 | adhv膩
m膩rge'smina vidyate | santi hi 膩k膩艣a mevapath膩daya岣� |
] $
啶膏い啶む 啶椸啷嵿啶ㄠ啶む啶い啷嵿ぐ 啶膏啶班啶ぞ啶︵く 啶囙い啷嵿く啶о啶掂ぞ 啷�
. [satata峁� gacchantyatra s奴ry膩daya ityadhv膩 |
.] 9.50.5., 10.47.13.8
28. 啶呧ぇ啷嵿さ啶距え啶 啶呧ぇ啷嵿さ啶傕じ啷� 啶呧ぇ啷嵿さ啶洁き啶苦 啷� 啶呧ぇ啷嵿さ啶ㄠ, 啶呧ぇ啷嵿さ啶ㄠた, 啶呧ぇ啷嵿さ啶�, 啶呧ぇ啷嵿さ啶ㄠ 啷�
[adhv膩nam adhva峁僺u adhva'bhi岣� | adhvane, adhvani, adhvana, adhvana岣� |
] 29. 啶 啶啶粪啶熰 [pu pu峁ａ弓墨] " 啷� 啶啶粪く啶むた 啶啶むぞ啶ㄠた 啶呧さ啶曕ぞ啶多お啷嵿ぐ啶︵ぞ啶ㄠ啶�
[| po峁yati bh奴t膩ni avak膩艣aprad膩nena
] '
啶夃う啶曕う啶距え啶距う啷嵿く啷佮お啶曕ぞ啶班啶｀さ 啷� [udakad膩n膩dyupak膩re峁嘺va | ] "啶啶粪啶曕 啶掂ぞ啶班た 啶班ぞ啶むた 啶啶粪啶曕ぐ啶 - 啶囙い啶� 啶多啶班啶班じ啷嵿さ啶距ぎ啷� 啷�
啶啶粪く啶むた 啶啶むぞ啶ㄠた 啷� 啶啶粪啶︵ぐ啶距う啶苦 啷� [pu峁a峁� v膩ri r膩ti pu峁aram - iti 艣r墨rasv膩m墨 |
po峁yati bh奴t膩ni | pu峁dar膩di岣� | ] 87.7..330 1108
30. 啶啶粪啶曕ぐ啷�, 啶啶粪啶曕ぐ啶距い啷�, 啶啶粪啶曕ぐ [pu峁are, pu峁ar膩t, pu峁ara] s 啶班ぞ啶溹ぞ 啷�
[r膩j膩 |
] 31. 啶啶粪啶曕ぐ啶え啷嵿い啶班た啶曕啶粪ぎ啷� 啷� 啶啶粪た啶むき啷傕い啶距え啶� 啷� 啶夃う啶曕 啶啶粪啶曕ぐ啶 啷�
啶啶溹ぞ啶曕ぐ啶 啷� 啶啶溹く啶苦い啶掂啶ぎ啷� 啷�
啶啶粪啶 啶啶粪啶い啷囙 啷�
[pu峁aramantarik峁m | po峁tabh奴t膩ni | udaka峁� pu峁aram |
p奴j膩karam | p奴jayitavyam |
pu峁a峁� pu峁ate岣� |
] 1 啶啶粪啶曕ぐ啶� 啶掂お啷佮し啷嵿啶班 啶掂ぞ 啷�
[pu峁ara峁� vapu峁ara峁� v膩 |
]
