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 3 - First Adhyaya (chapter) of the Nighantu (study)
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Yaska in his Nirukta
the word is explained differently.
Ex
(11.42.43) 14 refers to 'gharma'. He explains: "Warm milk
oozing out this (cow) is the giver of the warm milk' say
the ritualists.”
,
15 8. Chrnah: Its forms occur in nine places. The
word is interpreted as 'dipti' except in X.37.10. There
the word is explained as
native meanings in I.141.4,
ausnyena. Sayaṇa gives alter-
16 9. Dinam: Only the form 'dinasya' occurs in VIII.78.10.
It is explained as chinnasya.
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17 13.
14.
1.112.1. धर्मम् । प्रवृ जनेन दीप्तिम् ।
[dharmam | pravṛ janena dīptim |
] 1.119.6. असुरैः पीडार्थं प्रधिप्तं दीप्यमानं तुषाग्निम्
यद्वा । हविषामत्रये मयि अग्नये परितप्तं सूर्यकिरणैः संतप्तं धर्मम् ।
[asuraiḥ pīḍārthaṃ pradhiptaṃ dīpyamānaṃ tuṣāgnim
yadvā | haviṣāmatraye mayi agnaye paritaptaṃ sūryakiraṇaiḥ saṃtaptaṃ dharmam |
] 1164.28. क्षीरस्य क्षरणशीलम् ।
[kṣīrasya kṣaraṇaśīlam |
] 8.87.2. घु क्षरणदीप्त्योः [ghu kṣaraṇadīptyoḥ ] " । पात्रेषु क्षरन्तं सोमम् ।
यां । मधुमन्तम् । मधुर्मदकरः सोमः तदन्तं घर्म [| pātreṣu kṣarantaṃ somam |
yāṃ | madhumantam | madhurmadakaraḥ somaḥ tadantaṃ gharma] '
महावीरपात्रगत क्षीर पिबन्तं समं चेति ।
[mahāvīrapātragata kṣīra pibantaṃ samaṃ ceti |
] 10.114.1. धर्मा । अग्नादित्यौ ।
[dharmā | agnādityau |
] B. 103.9. धर्माः धर्मकाले वर्तमानाः ।
घर्म हरणम् । धर्मधुगिति याज्ञिकाः ।
[dharmāḥ dharmakāle vartamānāḥ |
gharma haraṇam | dharmadhugiti yājñikāḥ |
] 15. घृणा, घृणा, घृणांत, घृणेः, घृणेने,
[ghṛṇā, ghṛṇā, ghṛṇāṃta, ghṛṇeḥ, ghṛṇene,
] 16. यजमानेष्वनुग्रहेण । यद्वा । घृणां घृणी दीप्तिमान् ।
[yajamāneṣvanugraheṇa | yadvā | ghṛṇāṃ ghṛṇī dīptimān |
] 17.
दिनस्य वा पूर्वमेव छिन्नस्यवा यवस्य ।
[dinasya vā pūrvameva chinnasyavā yavasya |
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