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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198 12
. UDAKANĀMĀNI
The following hundred and one words are listed as the
1 synonyms of water. Yāska derives it from the root Jud; he
says it is so called because it moistens.
2 1. Arnah: The word with its forms occur in forty places.
The form arnah is enlisted in nadi峾ni (Nigh. 1.13,20 1.
In thirty two places the word is interpreted by sayaṇa as
In his Comm.on RV. I.3.12, he points out that it
water.
1.
1. अर्ण� [ṇa� ] 2. क्षोदे�
[ṣo�
] 7. लि॒लम् [॒l ] 8. वा� [� ] 9. वन॑म�
[Բ॑m
] 13. 14.87
पिप्पलम् [pippalam ] 14.
क्षीरम� [ṣīr ] 15. विषम� [ṣa ] 16. रेतः
[ٲ�
] 3.44
3. क्षम�
[ṣa
] 4. नभेः [Բ� ] 5. अभ्भ�
[�
] 4.74:
6. कर्व बन्धम्
[karva bandham
] 6.7
10. घृդम्
[ṛ॒ٲ
] 11 मध�
[madhu
] 12 पुरीपम�
[ܰī貹
] 17. कर्श�
[첹ś�
] 18. जन्म
[janma
] 19. बृबेकम�
[ṛb첹
] 20. बुसम� [busam ] 21. तुग्यो
[tugyo
] 22. बर्बुरम्
[barburam
] 23. सुक्षम�
[suṣa
] 24. धुरूर्णम�
[ܰūṇa
] 25. तुरो [turo ] 26. अररिन्दानि [ԻԾ ] 27. ध्वस्मन्वत
[dhvasmanvata
] 28-जामि
[峾
] 2. आर्युधान�
[ܻԾ
] 30. क्षेपे�
[ṣe�
] 31. अहिं�
[ṃḥ
] 32. भूक्षरेम�
[ūṣa
] 33. सोते�
[dzٱ�
] 34. तृप्ति�
[ṛpپ�
] 35. रस�
[�
] 36. उदकम�
[udakam
] 37. पर्य�
[貹ⲹ�
] 37.94:
38.
सरेः,
[�,
] 39. भूषणम्
[ūṣaṇa
] 40. सह�
[�
] 4. शर्व� शिवः �
[śarva� śiva� |
] 42. यहेः
[ⲹ�
] 43.37:
43. ओजेः
[�
] 44.5
44. सुखम�
[sukham
] 45.5
45. क्षेत्रम�
[ṣeٰ
] 146. आवेयाः
[屹�
] 47.
का. शुभेम्
[kā. śubhem
] 48. यादु�
[�
] 49. मूलम�
[ū
] 50. भुवनम्
[bhuvanam
] 51. भविष्य [ṣy ] 52. आपेः
[�
] 53. महत्
[mahat
] 54. व्यो� [vyoma ] 55. यश�
[ⲹś�
] 56. महेः
[�
] 57. सर्णॶकम�
[ṇīk
] 58. स्वृतीकम�
[ṛtī첹
] 59. सतॶनम
[īԲ
] 60. गह॑नम् [Dz ] 61. गभीरम� [ī ] 62. गुम्भरम् [gumbharam ] 63. ईम�
[ī
] 63.5
64. अन्नम् [annam ] 65. ह॒वि�
[॒v�
] 65.19:
66. �
� सदमे [sadame ] 67 सदनम�
[sadanam
] 68 तम�
[tam
] 69. योनि�
[DzԾ�
] 70. ऋतस्� यं नि�
[ṛtasya ya� ni�
] �
71. सत्यम् [satyam ] 72. नीरम�
(()- अधितम् [ī
(()- adhitam ] 78 - बुर्हि�
[ܰ�
] 73. रूयि�
[ū⾱�
] 74. सत�
[sat
] 75. पूर्णम� [ūṇa ] 76. सर्वम्
[sarvam
] �
79 ना�
[峾
] 80 सर्पिः
[辱�
] 8. अप� [貹� ] 82. पवित्रम्
[pavitram
] 83. अमृत॑म� [ṛt॑m ] 84� इन्दुः
[Ի�
] 85. हे�
[hema
] 86.79:
86. स्वै�
[�
] 87 � सर्गाः
[�
] 87.88ey
89 अभ्व॑म� १०� वर्ष�
[abhva॑m 100 varṣa�
] 91. अम्ब�
[ambe
] 92 � तोर्यम�
[toryam
] 93. तूर्यम� [ūⲹ ] 94 कृपटम्
[ṛpṭa
] 95. मुक्रम� [mukram ] 96 तेर्जः
.
[ٱᲹ�
.
] 97. स्वध�
[
] 98. वारि
११. जलम् [
11. jalam ] 109. जुलाषम�
[ܱṣa
] 101. इदम् |
[idam |
] 2. उदकं कस्मात� � उनत्तीति सत� �
[udaka� kasmāt | unattīti sata� |
]
