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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16. Samanam: The word and its forms samane and samanesu
occur in twelve places. In eight places the word is used
in the sense assigned. In rest of the places it is used
in the sense of sacrifice (IX.97.47) except in 1.48.6,
where it is explained as samicina-cestavantan purusan.
S膩ya峁嘺 interpretes the word as sangrama in many ways quoting
the list of synonyms.?
8 17. Milhe: The word occurs in four places. In all
the places it is used in the sense assigned (VI.46.11; IX.106.12;
107.11). But in 1.100.11 S膩ya峁嘺 explains it as dhanan膩ma.
The word milhum is listed as the synonym of wealth (Nigh.
2.10.11). The word has been already explained there.
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18. Prtanah: The word occurs with its forms in forty
eight places. In twenty eight places it is used in the sense
assigned and in eighteen places as armies.
The word has
been already explained under manusyanamani (Nigh.2.3.25).
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啶�. 啷�. [峁�. 1.] 96.9. 啶膏ぎ啶ㄠぞ 啷� 啶膏啶椸啶班ぞ啶え啶距ぎ啷堗い啶む 啷� 啶膏ぎ啶ㄠ啶むた
啶膏ぎ啶ㄠ啶むた
啶о啶粪啶熰ぞ 啶さ啶ㄠ啶むた
啶啶︵啶掂ぞ啶班 啶呧い啷嵿ぐ啷囙い啶� 啷� 啶むじ啷嵿ぎ啶苦え啷� 啶膏啶椸啶班ぞ啶 |
[saman膩 | sa峁僩r膩man膩maitat | samanti
samanti
dh峁涐梗峁� bhavanti
yodv膩ro atreti | tasmin sa峁僩r膩me |
] 1 啶�. [峁�. ] 10.55.5. 啶膏ぎ啶ㄠ 啷� 啶呧え啶ㄠぎ啶ㄠ 啶啶班ぞ啶｀え啶 啷� 啶膏ぎ啷嵿く啶椸え啶ㄠ啶啶む 啶膏啶椸啶班ぞ啶 啷�
啶�. [samane | ananamana岣� pr膩峁嘺nam | samyagananopete sa峁僩r膩me |
峁�.] 1.100.11. 啶啶赤啶灌 啶膏啶椸啶班ぞ啶 啷� 啶啶赤啶灌ぎ啶苦い啶� 啶оえ啶ㄠぞ啶� 啷� 啶むう啷嵿さ啷堗い啷佮い啷嵿さ啶距い啷�
啶膏啶椸啶班ぞ啶啶洁お啶� 啶啶灌た啶多が啷嵿う啷囙え啷嬥啷嵿く啶む 啷�
[m墨岣穐e sa峁僩r膩me | m墨岣穐amiti dhanan膩ma | tadvaitutv膩t
sa峁僩r膩mo'pi m墨hi艣abdenocyate |
]
