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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.4; and V.44.2). In other places Saya峁嘺 interpretes according to the contexts differently." The word uparah is listed also in the 10th section of this chapter under meghanamani (Ni.1. 10.8). The word 'upalah' also is listed in the same section immediately after the word, upara (N1.1.10.19). 103 7 1 Yaska explains the words upara and upala while dealing
with meghanamani (Niru. 2.21). He says: "The two words
upara and upala which mean a cloud are also common with
8 the synonyms of a mountain. Clouds cease to move in it,
or the waters are made inactive in it. Saya峁嘺 follows
Y膩ska mainly while interpreting these two words where they
occur.
.7. 啶夃お啶班ぞ啶�
[耻辫补谤腻岣�
] 1.62.6. HAT: FUTTAT: 5.29.5. 34MT:
啶え啷嵿う啶椸い啷�啶� 啷� [mandagat墨岣� | ] 7.87.5. 啶呧お啷嵿い啶� 啶呧え啷嵿い啶班啶啶むぞ啶� 啷� 啶夃お啶� 啶むぞ啶むた
[apt膩 antarbh奴t膩岣� | upara t膩ti
] 7.48.3. 啶夃お啶班啶� 啶夃お啶侧啶� 啶ぞ啶粪ぃ- 啶膏う啷冟ざ啷堗 啶嗋く啷佮ぇ啷堗 啶むく啶む 啶掂た啶膏啶むぞ啶班啶い
啶囙い啷嵿く啷佮お啶班い啶距い啶� 啶啶︵啶оぎ啷� 啷� 啷むイ [uparai岣� upalai岣� p膩峁峁嘺- sad峁浥沘i岣� 膩yudhai岣� tayate vist膩ryata
ityuparat膩ti yuddham | || ] 2. 2. 9. 啶夃お啶班ぞ啶ㄠ 啶夃お啶班ぎ啶｀じ啶距ぇ啶ㄠぞ啶ㄠ,
啶夃お啶班た 啶夃い啷嵿啷冟し啷嵿啷� 啶掂ぐ啷嵿い啶ぞ啶ㄠぞ啶ㄠ啶掂ぞ 啶оえ啶掂た啶多啶粪ぞ啶ㄠ [upar膩n uparama峁嘺s膩dhan膩nu,
upari utk峁涐梗峁璭 vartam膩n膩nv膩 dhanavi艣e峁Ｄ乶 ] 7.87.4. 啶夃お啶班ぞ啶� 啷�
啶夃お啶膏ぎ啷�啶 啶班ぎ啶ぞ啶｀ぞ啶ぞ啶ㄠ啶む啶掂ぞ啶膏た啶ㄠ 啷� [upar膩ya |
upasam墨pe ramam膩峁嚹亂膩ntev膩sine | ] 1. 128.3. 啶夃お啶班啶粪 啶夃お啶班ぎ啶ㄠ啶む
啶忇し啷嵿さ啶椸啶ㄠく啶� 啷� 啶囙い啷嵿く啷佮お啶班ぞ 啶оた啶粪啶｀啶ぞ 啶啶ぞ啶ㄠ啷冟す啶� 啶掂ぞ 啷�
啶呧啶ㄠぞ啶ㄠぞ啶ㄠ啶啶む啶むぐ啶距ぃ啶� 啶む啶班た啶傕ざ啶む 啷� 啶� 啶夃お啶� 啶夃お啶� 啶囙い啷嵿く啷囙い啶距き啷嵿く啶距 啶膏ぞ啶оぞ啶班ぃ啶距え啶�
啶ぐ啷嵿さ啶むぞ啶ㄠぞ啶き啶苦 啷� 啶夃お啶� 啶夃お啶侧 啶啶樴 啶さ啶むた 啶夃お啶班ぎ啶ㄠ啶む 啶膏啶た啶ㄠ啶ㄠき啶距ぃ啶� 啷�
啶夃お啶班い啶� 啶嗋お 啶囙い啶� 啶掂ぞ 啷�
[upare峁 uparamante
e峁agnaya岣� | ityupar膩 dhi峁ａ箛y膩 yajam膩nag峁沨膩 v膩 |
aghan膩n膩nyuttar膩峁噄 tri峁兣沘t | 膩 upara upala ityet膩bhy膩峁� s膩dh膩ra峁嚹乶i
parvat膩n膩mabhi岣� | upara upalo megho bhavati uparamante sminnabh膩峁噄 |
uparat膩 膩pa iti v膩 |
] '
