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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External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)
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Words
No. of times they
occur in the RV.
No. of times used in
the sense assigned
13 Pippalam
3.
14 KsIram
1 2
15 Visam
14 3
16 Reta岣�
40 14
17 Ka艣a岣�
18 Janma
40 81
19 B峁沚奴kam
鈽�
1 20
Busam
1 1
21 Tugrya
5 5
22 Burburam
23 Suksema
24 Dharnnam
.35
3 25
厂煤钮补
6 1
26 Ararindani
1 1
27 Dhvasmanvat
2 28
Jami
38 29
础测耻诲丑腻苍颈
37 30
碍峁辫补岣�
20 31
Ahih
88 32
Aksaram
11 2
33 Srota岣�
2 (Prav膩)
34 Trptih
2 35
Rasah
63 2
36 Udakam
10掳
10
