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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External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)
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The above discussion may be summarised in a tabular
133 form:
Words
No.of times used
in the RV.
No. of times used in
the sense assioned
1 Vasto岣�
24 16
2 Dyuh
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3 Bh膩nu岣�
53 4
Vasaram
3 5
Svasarani
13 4
6 Ghramsa岣�
4 2
7 Gharmah
28 03
8 Gh峁涐箛a岣�
9 9
Dinam
1 10
Diva
26 25
11 Divedive
47 47
12 Dyavidyavi
2
