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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� [5 ] 159 11. VĀNNĀMĀNI
The following fifty seven words are the synonyms of
vač (speach).
1 1.Śloka�: The word occurs in twenty eight places with
2 its forms In fifteen places the word is explained as vac
or stutirupa vac. In eight places the word is used as
stotra. Of these Śloka� in VII,97.3 and blokam in I.190.3
are interpreted as 'stavaka� mantral and mantraviśesana�
respectively.
3 1.
1 1. श्लोकः [śǰ첹� ] 2. धारो� [� ] 3. इळ� [ḷ� ] 4. गौ� [� ] 5. गोरी
[ǰī
] 6. गान्धे� [Ի𱹲 ] 7. गभीरा [ī ] 8. गम्भॶरा
[ī
] 11. वाशी [śī ] 12. वाणी [ṇ� ] 13. वाणीची
[ṇīcī
] 16. भारती [ī ] 17. धमनि�
[Ծ�
] 17. ध॒मन�
[॒mԲ�
] 18. नळॶ�
[Բḷīḥ
] 21. सूर्या [ū ] 22. सरस्वती [ī ] 23. नि॒षित� [Ծ॒ṣ ] 24 स्वाहा [ ] 25. व॒ग्नु�
[॒gԳ�
] k
9. मुन्द्रा
[ܲԻ
] 10.
10. मुन्द्रार्जनॶ
[ܲԻrjanī
] 14. वाդ�
[॒ṇ�
] 15. qfa:
19, मेनो
[meno
] 20. मैळि�
[ḷi�
] 29. जिवा
[ᾱ
] 26. उपब्दि� [ܱ貹徱� ] 27. मायु� [� ] 28. काकुत् [ܳ ] 29. जिवा [ᾱ ] 30. घोषः
[ṣa�
] 31. स्वरेः [� ] 32. शब्द� [ś岹� ] 33. 799: 34. 35. होत्रो
[hotro
] 36. 77: 37. πTEI 38. 39. At 40. JAT:
41. दिपा [徱 ] 42. न्ना
[Բ
] 45. कशी [첹śī ] 440 धिषणां
[ṣaṇāṃ
] 45. नौ�
[Բ�
] 46. अक्षरम� [ṣa ] 47, महॶ
[ī
] 58. अदितिः
[徱پ�
] 49. शा�
[ś峦
] 50. वाक्
[
] 51. अनुष्टुप�
[Գṣṭܱ
] 52.
52.
धेनु� [Գ� ] 53. वल्गुः
[�
] 54. गुल्दा
[ܱ
] 55. सरेः
[�
] 56. सुपर्णी [ܱ貹ṇ� ] 57. बेकुरा
[ܰ
] 2. श्लोकम� श्लोकी, श्लोकं यन्त्रास� �
[ślokam ślokī, śloka� yantrāsa� |
] }
