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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. Vadhah: The word is used with its forms in forty-nine
places. The word is explained as vaira in thirteen places.
In three places Sayana explicitly states that it is the
synonym of vajra (X.89.9; 102.3; IV.18.7). In other thirty-
three places it is used as 'weapon'. The word has been
already explained under balanamani (2.9.19).
9. Vairah: The word occurs with its forms in one hundred
and twenty seven places. In twelve places Saya峁嘺 explains
it as kulisa (vajra) or stannamaka ayudha. In most of the
places (eighty-eight) he does not explain it, generally
it is assumed as a weapon in the hand of Indra. It is the
weapon of Maruts too (VIII.7.22) (XI.72.7 Indrasya vajrah
vairasthaniyah) (Somah). Durga states: 'that which is
killed, is by vajr谩 alone".
2 10. Arkah: The word occurs in a hundred places, with
its forms. The word is not used in the sense assigned. In
two places it is interpreted as sastra (III.54.14; VIII.12.23).
The word has been already explained under annanamani (2.7.18).
11. Kutsah: The word, with its forms, occurs in thirty-
seven places. Only in one place the word is used in the
2. 啶︵啶班啶椸き啶距し啷嵿く 啶ㄠた啶班. [durgabh膩峁a niru. ] 3. 11. 啶. 啶灌た 啶灌え啷嵿く啶む 啶� 啶掂啷嵿ぐ啷囙ぃ啷堗さ啷囙い啶� 啷�
啶掂ぇ啶曕ぐ啷嵿ぎ啶啶� 啶囙い啷嵿く啷佮い啷嵿い啶班ぞ啶｀た 啶掂啷嵿ぐ啶ㄠぞ啶ぞ啶ㄠた 啷�
[yo. hi hanyate sa vajre峁嘺iveti |
vadhakarmabhya ityuttar膩峁噄 vajran膩m膩ni |
]
