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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$ 161 The form dharam occurs in five places; in four places
6 S膩ya峁嘺 explains differently.' The word dhara does not have
the assigned meaning (speech).
3. Ila This word has been already explained in
prthivin膩m膩ni (Nigh.1.1.1). In two places the word is
interpreted as v茫o (III.7.57 V.36.5) out of sixty five
places.
4. Gauh: This word also has been already explained
in prthivinamani (Nigh.1.1.1). The word is interpreted
as speech in thirty three places out of seven hundred and
ninety four places.
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5. Gaurl: The word occurs with its forms, in six
路 places. The form gouri-iti and gauri岣� occur in only one
place each (i.e. IX.12.3 and I.164.41). They are inter-
preted as madhyamika vac. The forms gauryah and gauryan
6. 啶呧く啶膏 啶ㄠ 啶оぞ啶班ぞ啶 | 啶ぅ啶� 啶呧く啷嬥ぎ啶じ啷嵿く 啶ぐ啶多啶掂ぞ啶︵啶班啶оぞ啶班ぞ 啶啶班啷嵿し啷囙お啷嵿い啷�-
啶曕ぞ啶じ啷嵿い啷�啶曕啶粪啶曕ぐ啷嬥い啶� 啶むう啷嵿さ啶む 啷� [ayaso na峁� dh膩r膩m | yath膩 ayomayasya para艣v膩derdh膩r膩 prak峁ptu-
k膩mast墨k峁Ｄ玨aroti tadvat | ] 6.47.10. 啶栢ぁ啷嵿啶距う啷囙ぐ啷嵿ぇ啶距ぐ啶距き啶苦さ 啶膏ぞ
[kha岣峠膩derdh膩r膩bhiva s膩
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8.73.9. 37: Te钮 neut agaran臉 I
1.67.4. 啶灌啶むじ啷嵿く 啶оぞ啶班ぞ啶 啷� 啶膏い啷嵿く啶膏啶� 啶啷嵿啶膏啶� 啶掂ぞ 啶оぞ啶班ぞ啶� 啶оぞ啶班く啶苦い啶 啷�
[h峁泃asya dh膩r膩m | satyasya yaj帽asya v膩 dh膩r膩峁� dh膩rayitam |
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