Part 10 - Krodhanamani (Krodha Nama)

The following eleven words are listed as synonyms of anger'. 1 1. Helah: The word occurs in nine places with its forms i.e. helamsi and hele. Sayana interpretes it in the sense assigned. 335 2. Harah: The word occurs with its forms in ten places. In one place, the word is interpreted in the sense assigned (i.e. VIII.48.2 harasah krodhasya, hara iti krodhanama). The word already has been explained under jvala to namadheyani (1.17.9). 3. Hrnih: The verbal forms hrnise and hrnise occur in one place each. They are used in the sense assigned. The word is also listed in the first chapter (1.17.10). The word hrnih does not occur in the Roveda. 4. Iyajah: The word occurs in ten places with its forms. In five places it is interpreted in the sense assigned. rest of the places it is used as tyaga. A few examples are given below to show the interpretation of sayana. 1. 2. 1. 2 In heleh 2. hareh 3. hrrnih 4. tyarjah 4. 7401: 5. ATH: 6. PE: 7. havareh 8. tapumsi 1 tapusi 1 . purnah 10. manyuh || . vyarthih | ክ . 1 169.1. tyajasah tyagat | yadva | etat krodhanama krodhada |  4.43. 4. . 6.3.1. tyajyate parityajyate sarvairiti tyajah krodhah | jyajasa | tyajanasadhanetayudhena |

5. Bhamah: The word occurs in eight places, with its forms. In five places it is used in the sense assigned. In other places it is used as dipti (X.3.5; V.32.4). 6. Ehah: The word does not occur in any of the Vedas. 7. Hvarah: The word with its form hvaransi occurs in six places. The word is interpreted as kutila or himsa (II.23.6; V.20.2). 8.Tapusi: The word does not occur in the Vedas. But the word tapusah and its form occur in the sense of tapa (II.30.4). 336 9. Jurnih: The word with its two forms jurnih and jurnini occurs in five places. The word is not used in the sense assigned. In four places it is used in the sense Yaska of speed. Sayana quotes Yaska (I.129.8; VI.63.4). Jurnih is interpreted as stuti-kusala in RV I.127.10. The word is listed in ksipranamani (2.15.6). 10, Manyuh: The word with its other forms occurs in fifty three places. Out of these, in forty one places it is used in the sense assigned. In two places Sayana explains the word as tejas and in three places as stotra respectively

337 (RV.I.139.2; X.147.1; 60.11; 61.1). In RV.X.87.13, he explains the word as diptasya kruddhasya va and quotes Yaska. The word is explained in the Nirukta as it belongs to diptikarmanah or krodha-karmanah or vadha-karmanah (manyuh manyateh; diptikarmanah, krodhakarmanah va, Niru.10.29), 11. Vyathih: The word occurs in seven places. It is W not used in the sense assigned. It is explained as badhaka, Sastra, calita, etc. (IV.4.3; VI, 28.3; X.86.2). The above discussion may be summarised as follows in a tabular form: No. Word No.of times used in RV. Used in the sense assigned 1. Helah 9 9 2. Harah 10 1 [ 3. Hrnih 4. Tyajah 10 5. Bhamah 8 5 5 07 6. Ehah 7. Hvarah 6 8. Tapusi 9. Jurnih 5 10. Manyuh 53 41 11. Vyathih 7

So the above study shows that three words are not used in any Veda; and other three words are not used in the sense assigned. Except the word manyu all the other words occur in less than ten places in the Roveda. i 14 0 " $ 338