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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of water. In four places (IX.22.1; 64.7; 66.10; 97.30-)
S膩ya峁嘺 explains srivanta iti sargah obviously Somadharah.
The word visarga in X.5.6 is explained as visarjanasth盲ne
antariksamadhye, vartamanesu udake峁. In other places it
is used in the sense of creation or discharge.
88. Sambaram: The word with its forms occurs in twenty
two places. Nowhere it is used in the sense of water.
(For details refer supra to meghanamani (Nigh.1.10.14),
It is also listed under balanamani (Nigh.2.9.28).
89. Abhavam: The word with its forms occurs in twenty
places. Only in RV. I. 169.3 s膩ya峁嘺 interpretes it in the
sense of water. In nineteen places it is used in the sense
of mahat. The word abhava岣� is included in the list of
mahannamani (3.3.9).
Only
90. Vapuh: The word occurs in nineteen places.
in VIII.69.13 S膩ya峁嘺 uses it in the sense of water (va蓴u岣�
udakam),
In ten places it is used in the sense of body,
and in four places as r奴pa. (1.102.2; VI.66.1; VII.88.2;
VIII. 19.11). The word is included, also in the rupanamani
(3.7.4).
1 91. Ambu: The word does not occur in any Veda.
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