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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R Words 85 No. of times
used in the RV.
1 No. of times used in
the sense assigned
I
Ambaram
2 Viyat
1 3
Vyoma
25 4
Barhi
139 5
Dhanva
56 6
Antariksam
97 7
础办腻艣补尘
8 Apah
550 0 1 2 0 1 1 1
18 5
97 9
Prthivi
315 50
47 10
叠丑奴岣�
8 11
厂惫补测补尘产丑耻岣�
1 12
Adhva
42 1
13 Puskaram
4 1
14 Sagarah
1 1
15 Samudra岣�
193 42
16 Adhvaram
194 The above table shows that two words, viz., viyat
and aka艣am are not used in the RV; and five words (viz.,
S.No.1,4,10 11 and 16) are not used in the sense assigned
to them according to Sayana. Three words viz., adhva,
puskara and sagarah are interpreted only once in the sense
assigned. Of these, sagarah occurs only once in the RV.
