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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" word is used as an adjective to night; and it is used to 5 denote the dark colour. In other places Sāyaṇa inter-
pretes it differently.
108 2. Kṣapa: The word occurs in the RV. in twenty places
6 with its forms. Except in one place,
7 the word is intar-
preted as night. In one place sayaṇa interpretes it
8 differently. The word ksapa is listed under udakanamani
also in the Nighantu ( I. 12. 30).
3. Sarvarī: The word in its form barvarin occurs
only once in the RV.V.52.3; Sayaṇa gives the meaning as
'nights' (plural).
5.
8.46.22. श्याकीनाम् श्याववर्णाना� वडवानाम् �
[śyākīnām śyāvavarṇānā� vaḍavānām |
] 8.55.5. पयावी� कपिल� गा�
[payāvī� kapilā gā�
] 2. 102.2. श्यावा प्रयाववर्णाविश्व [śyāvā prayāvavarṇāviśva ] 4
1.117.84 श्यावा� कुष्टरोगेण श्यामवर्णा� ऋषये �
धर्म�, क्षुपः क्षपाभिः क्षपाम� पावन क्षपविन्.
[śyāvāya kuṣṭarogeṇa śyāmavarṇāya ṛṣaye |
dharma�, kṣupa� kṣapābhi� kṣapām pāvana kṣapavin.
] 6. :.
7 .8.
1.79.6.84: 894 |
10.77.2. क्षप� क्षपवित्रय�, सेना�
राक्षसादीन् स्वकीयै� पुरुषै� बाधस्व � [kṣapa� kṣapavitraya�, senā�
rākṣasādīn svakīyai� puruṣai� bādhasva | ] 'क्षप क्षान्त्याम् [kṣapa kṣāntyām ] * 1
3.55 17. क्षपावान� � क्षिपत� शत्रूनुदकं वा इत� क्षेपणवान् �
�. [kṣapāvān | kṣipati śatrūnudaka� vā iti kṣepaṇavān |
ca.] 1.44.8. क्षप� क्षप� इत� रात्रिना� | आत इत� योगविभागात�
आकारलोपः �
[kṣapa� kṣapā iti rātrināma | āta iti yogavibhāgāt
ākāralopa� |
]
