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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. Diva: The word occurs in twenty six places in the
sense assigned, except in VI.3.61, where it is explained
as dyotamana telasa. Only in one place, i.e. VII.62.1 the
word is interpreted as ahani. The form dive is used as
an adjective. It may be added that diva and dive (note
that the accent is on the second syllable 'vä' and've'
respectively), occur in ten and fifteen places respectively;
they are mainly interpreted as 'dyuloka.
11. Divedive: The word occurs in forty seven places
in the sense 'pratidinam.
the Raveda.
The word is used as adverb in
1 12. Dyavi-dyavi: The word occurs in two places (1.4.1;
25.1) in the sense 'pratidinam.
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To conclude, the word dyuh does not occur in the FV.
Other five words, i.e. bhānu, vasaram, gharma, ghrna, and
dinam are not used in the sense assigned. Only the last
three words listed in this list are used in the sense
assigned fully.
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