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.
Fourth Adhyaya (chapter) of the Nighantu (study)
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External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)
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. In the third section of the chapter, thirty six terrestrial objects (deities) to whom panegyrics are addressed are listed. 4. The fourth and the fifth sections belong to the in deities of middle region. Thirty two and thirty six names of the deities respectively, are listed here. > 454 5. The last (sixth) section contains the list of
deities who are mostly celestial, In all thirty one names
are listed here.
