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 4 - Second Adhyaya (chapter) of the Nighantu (study)
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already been explained under prithivinamani (1.1.14). Y膩ska says "aditi岣� ad墨na devam膩t膩" (Niru.4.22) i.e. unimpaired mother of gods. 7. Il膩: The word with its forms occurs in sixty eight places. In seven places the word is explained as gorupam devin (III.1.23; 5.11; 6.11; 7.11; 15.7; 22.5, 23.5) and in VII.3.7 as ksirabibhih. In 1.48.16 S膩ya峁嘺 clearly mentions it as ileti gonama ilabhi岣� gobhi岣�. has been already explained under prthivi-namani (1.1.15). The word 8. Jagati: The word with its form jagat墨su occurs in three places. Jagati (X.130.5) is the name of a metre (chandas). The other form which occurs in two places (I.157.5; VI. 72:4) is used in the sense assigned. 9. Sakvari: The word occurs in two places in its form 艢akvar墨峁. It is not used in the sense assigned. The word is listed in bahunamani also (2.4.11). The above discussion may be given' in a tabular form: 333
