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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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पाता वा पालयित� वा � उत्पादयिता इत्यर्थः �
ऋऋ. [pātā vā pālayitā vā | utpādayitā ityartha� |
ṛṛ.
]
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उपरि नि�. [upari nidha. ] 207.6.8
- निगम� पंचम्यन्तं वा षष्ठ्यन्तं वा सत� � अर्थाऽसंभव� पश्यन् निरूक्तकार�
शंयो� इत� एक� पद� द्वितीयान्ते द्वै [nigame paṃcamyanta� vā ṣaṣṭhyanta� vā sat | arthā'saṃbhava� paśyan nirūktakāra�
śaṃḥ iti eka� pada� dvitīyānte dvai
]
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इंति � �
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śiti śāsana� rogāṇāṃ � iti yāvanam, bhayānām
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अथाप� यः इत� बृहस्पति पुत्रस्य नामधेयम् � �. [athāpi ya� iti bṛhaspati putrasya nāmadheyam | a. ] 1.34.6.

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अस्तीत्यर्थ� � [aditi�- aditiradīnā devamātā | anukṣīṇāni | na hi eṣāṃ kṣaya�
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50. एऐ - आं ईरिए � ईर्तिः अय� धातु� गतिकमइित�, जयति [eai - ā� īrie | īrti� aya� dhātu� gatikamaiिte, jayati] " इत�
गतिकर्मस� पठितम् नि�. [iti
gatikarmasu paṭhitam nigha.
]
24 14.798. आऽईरिर� पुनः पुनः ईरितवन्त�
इत्यर्थः � �. [ā'īrire puna� puna� īritavanta�
ityartha� | �.
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52. जरते
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53. मन्दिन�
एतत् शब्दरूपं वेदेषु नास्ति � जसुरिं रूपं विद्यत� � जसुरिं जस्तम्
क्षुधितं बद्वमित्यर्थ� � . [mandinai
etat śabdarūpa� vedeṣu nāsti | jasuri� rūpa� vidyate | jasuri� jastam
kṣudhita� badvamityartha� | .
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मन्दी मन्दते� स्तुतिकर्मणः � मन्दति शंसत� इत्त� स्तुतिकर्मसु पाठात् �
अर्चतिकर्मणा� निघः [mandī mandate� stutikarmaṇa� | mandati śaṃsati itti stutikarmasu pāṭhāt |
arcatikarmaṇāḥ nigha�
]
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