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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External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)
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纬喂伪 352 6. Akrande: The word does not occur in any of the Vedas.
7. Ahave: The word occurs with its two forms ahavam
and ahavesu. In four places it is used in the sense
assigned (e.g. II.23.11: ahavan ahuvate atra itvahavo
yuddham).
8. Aiau: The word occurs with its forms in forty nine
places. Out of these, in forty six places it is used in
the sense assigned. In two places, Sayana explains the
word as sacrifice (VIII.96.14; IX.66.8). He interpretes
it as battle with explanation in the same context. In
1.51.3. S膩ya峁嘺 quotes the Nighantu and says "the word
belongs to 'sa峁僩ramanamani'.
4 9. P峁泃anajyam: Its two forms prtanaiye and p峁泃an膩jye峁
occur in five places. In all the places it is used in the
sense assigned. Saya峁嘺 quotes the Nighantu while explaining
the word in RV. III.8.10. He explains the word in VIII.12.25
as prtanah sena ajanti gacchanti asmin iti v膩, prtana liyate
atra iti va.
48.96.14, 啶嗋啷� 啷� 啶呧啶ㄠ啶むた 啶啷嵿啶ㄠ啶む啶い啷嵿ぐ 啶啶︵啶掂ぞ啶� 啶嗋く啷佮ぇ啶距え啶� 啶啶班お啶え啷嵿い啷�啶むた
啶嗋啶苦 啶膏啶椸啶班ぞ啶 啶むじ啷嵿ぎ啶苦え啷� 啷� 啶掂ぞ 啶呧啶ㄠ啶むた 啶曕ぐ啷嵿ぎ啶距ぐ啷嵿ぅ 啶嬥い啷嵿さ啶苦啶� 啶囙い啷嵿く啶距啶苦ぐ啷嵿く啶溹啶炧
啶むじ啷嵿ぎ啶苦え啷� 啷�
[膩jau | ajanti macchantyatra yodv膩ra 膩yudh膩ni prapayant墨ti
膩ji岣� sa峁僩r膩ma岣� tasmin | v膩 ajanti karm膩rtha 峁泃vija岣� ity膩jiryaj帽a岣�
tasmin |
]
