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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165 Yaska in his Nirukta (11.28, 29) interpretes the word
mandra as madana (i.e. mandra madana). The word mandra
derived from the root mad (to delight) is essentially an
adjective (delightful). It is used as a substantive.
10. Mandratani: This occurs only once in the Rgveda.
The word is not interpreted as vac by Saya峁嘺.
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11. Vasi: Its forms" are used in ten places. In four
places the word is interpreted in the sense of vac (VIII, 12. 12;
VIII.19.23; 1.87.6, and X*20.6). In four places it is
explained as sound 15
(Babda), In three places the word
13. 4069.2. 啶う啶曕ぐ啶膏啶� 啶班じ啶膏啶� 啶啶班啶班く啶苦い啷嵿ぐ啷� 啶膏啶ぇ啶距ぐ啶� 啷� 啶え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ啶距啶ㄠ
[madakarasya rasasya prerayitr墨 somadh膩r膩 | mandr膩jan墨
] 24. 啶掂ぞ啶多 啶堗さ, 啶掂ぞ啶多啶�, 啶掂ぞ啶多啶た啶�, 啶掂ぞ啶多啶�, 啶掂ぞ啶多 啶え啷嵿い啶�,
[v膩艣墨 墨va, v膩艣墨岣�, v膩艣墨bhi岣�, v膩艣墨ma, v膩艣墨 manta岣�,
] 1.5.
啶掂ぞ啶多啶え啷嵿い啶, 啶掂ぞ啶多啷戉し啷佮 啷�
[v膩艣墨mantam, v膩艣墨啷戓梗u啷� |
] 1.37.2. 啶掂ぞ啶多啶 啶多が啷嵿う 啶掂た啶多啶粪ぞ啶� 啶ぐ啶曕啶じ啷囙え啶距き啷�啶むた 啶灌啶むさ啶� 啷�
[v膩艣ya岣� 艣abda vi艣e峁Ｄ佱弗 parak墨yasen膩bh墨ti hetava岣� |
] * 啶掂ぞ啶多 啶掂ぞ啶｀ [v膩艣墨 v膩峁嚹�] " 啶ㄠた. [ni. ] 1. 11.11.8 啶囙い啶� 啶掂ぞ啶� 啶ㄠぞ啶ぞ啶膏 啶啶苦い啶む啶掂ぞ啶む 啷�
[iti v膩i n膩m膩su pa峁環itatv膩t |
] 8.10.23. 啶掂ぞ啶多啶 啷むさ啶距啶� 啶多が啷嵿う啶� 啷� 啶掂ぞ啶� 啶ㄠぞ啶啶むい啷� 啷� 啶う啷嵿さ啶� 啷�
啶掂ぞ啶え啶多啶侧ぞ啶� 啶多が啷嵿う啶曕ぞ啶班た啶｀啶� 啶溹啶掂ぞ啶侧ぞ啶啶︵啶ぐ啶む 啷� [v膩艣墨m |v膩ca峁� 艣abda峁� | v膩i n膩maitat | yadv膩 |
v膩pana艣墨l膩峁� 艣abdak膩ri峁嚹箖 jv膩l膩mudbharate | ] '
8. 29.3. 啶多が啷嵿う啶い啷嵿く啶距啷冟え啷嵿う啶い啶� 啶多い啷嵿ぐ啷佮え啶ㄠく啷囙い啶� 啷� 啶掂ざ啷� 啶む啷嵿し啶｀じ啶距ぇ啶� 啶曕啶犩ぞ啶班 啷�
[艣abdayaty膩k峁沶dayati 艣atrunanayeti | va艣墨 tak峁峁嘺s膩dhana ku峁環膩ra岣� |
] 1.88.3. 啶掂ぞ啶多啶� 啶多い啷嵿ぐ啷傕ぃ啶距 啶く啷嬥い啷嵿お啶距う啶ㄠ啶� 啶嗋啷嵿ぐ啷嬥ざ啶多ぞ啶啶︵啶班ぃ啶� 啶掂ぞ啶溹ぞ啶� 啷�
[v膩艣墨岣� 艣atr奴峁嚹佱箖 bhayotp膩danena 膩kro艣a艣膩bdakara峁嘺峁� v膩j膩岣� |
]
