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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it as a synonym of wealth. 4 (But it is omitted by Durga). 326 18. Bhojanam: The word occurs in twenty six places with
its forms. In nineteen places it is used in the sense assigned.
In other places it is used in the sense of anna (II.13.4.6,
and bhogas膩dhana VIII.1.34). In 1.44.5 the vocative form
bhojana explained as jagata岣� p膩laka agne. In two places
he gives double meaning dhana or anna (V.4.5; IX.81.6).
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19. Tana: The word occurs in thirty three places with
its forms. In seven places it is used in the sense, assigned.
In RV.1.3.4, Sayana explains the word as particle, and in
I.38.13 he interpretes the word tana as tanava, tanu vist膩re
tanoti devat膩 mahatmya峁� vist膩rayat墨ti. On this basis he
explains the word in other places as tanaya (son) in seven
places as tanoti vistarayati kulam iti tanah putra岣� (11.9.2).
The word is also explained as vastra, pavitra, etc. (IX.16.8;
34.1)..
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20. N峁沵nam: The word occurs with its forms in thirty
places. In twenty one places it is used in the sense of 'dhana'
The word has been already explained in balanamani (Nigh.2.9.8).
14. 啶ㄠた啶班. [niru. ] 5.4. 啶班ぞ啶� 啶囙い啶� 啶оえ啶傕え啶距ぎ 啶班ぞ啶о啶ㄠ啶掂い啷嵿く啶ㄠ啶� 啷�
[r膩dha iti dhana峁僴膩ma r膩dhnuvatyanena |
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