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30 Monier Williams atidhak: is first explained as atidamhih and then as atihaya dah. It seems that Yaska considers atidhak as an aorist r. form of the damb meaning something like 'to deceive, to injure'. gives damh in the sense of 'to burn or to shine'. Sayana always traces the form dhak to dah. Really speaking it is a form of dagh, 'to reach upto.' Then ati- /dagh would mean 'to reach beyond, to: C:::::_:_:::sed by, to leave.' If this is the root meant by Yaska also, then atihaya dah of Yaska would rather be a paraphrase than a derivative explanation. Yaska mentions the dagh in passive No.A 4, P. 6 bhagah: The Nighantu II.10 (p.196) gives this as a synonym of dhanam. Yaska himself paraphrases this as bhagadheyam at Nirukta IX.31 (p.697). Here he derives it from phaj. Thus the meaning of the word seems to be 'the allotted share. brhat: is always used as an adjective by Yaska (Cf. Nirukta II.25, p.163 brhati manisa, Nirukta VIII.11, p.648 and Nighantu III.3, p.213 where it occurs as a synonym of mahat. vidathe: Yaska explains this as sve-vedane here, probably meaning 'one's own home' (lit.one's own property). At Nirukta III.12, p.209 and VI.7, p.461 also vidatha is explained as vedana, but there the meaning clearly is 'knowledge'. Here the preceding word sve and the context do not allow this meaning.