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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. MECHANAMANI The following thirty words¹ are listed as the synonyms of 'cloud.' 134 1. Adrih: The word occurs with its forms in one
hundred and thirty places, Sāyaṇa interpretes the word in
seventy two places as 'gravan and in twenty seven places as
parvata. only in ten places he interpretes it as 'megha'
(adrim 1.85.5; 88.3; IV.2,15; 16.8; 18.6, V.52.9; VIII.60.16;
X.45.6; 112.8; 113.4; Adreh V.41.12 ).
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1 The word is interpreted as vaira in six places (adrih
I.165.4; 78.6; adrina I.168.6; adrim 1.51.3; 62.4; V.45.1).
17. फलिंगः,
[phaliṃgaḥ,
] 7. वलिशानः,
[valiśānaḥ,
] 12. चूरूः, [cūrūḥ, ] 13. वराहः
[varāhaḥ
] 18. उपरः,
[uparaḥ,
] 1. 1. अद्रिः, [adriḥ, ] 2. ग्रावां, [grāvāṃ, ] 3. गौत्रः, [gautraḥ, ] 4. वृलः, [vṛlaḥ, ] 5. अशनंः, [aśanaṃḥ, ] 6. पुरुभोजीः
[purubhojīḥ
] 8. अंशमा १. पर्वतः, [aṃśamā 1. parvataḥ, ] 10. गिरिः,
व्रजः,
[giriḥ,
vrajaḥ,
] 11.
14. बेरः,
[beraḥ,
] 15. रोहिणः,
[rohiṇaḥ,
] 16. रैवतः,
[raivataḥ,
] 19. उपेलः,
[upelaḥ,
] 20. चमसः,
[camasaḥ,
] 21. अहिः,
८
[ahiḥ,
8
] 22. अभ्रम, [abhrama, ] 23. वलाहकः
[valāhakaḥ
] 24. मैथेः,
[maitheḥ,
] 25. दृतिः,
[dṛtiḥ,
] 26. ओदनः,
[odanaḥ,
] 27. वृषन्धिः
[vṛṣandhiḥ
] 28. वृत्रः,
[vṛtraḥ,
] 29. असुर,
[asura,
] 30. कोशः ।
[kośaḥ |
] 52 d
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2. अद्रेयः, अद्रयः, अद्रिणा, अद्रिभिः, अद्रिम्, अद्वै
अद्री, अद्री इति ।
[adreyaḥ, adrayaḥ, adriṇā, adribhiḥ, adrim, advai
adrī, adrī iti |
] }
