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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109 4
. Aktuh: The word occurs with its forms in forty seven
places, 9
In thirty four places it is used in the sense of
night..
and in one place he gives the meaning as 'day.
In other places saya峁嘺 interpretes it differently 10
.11
5. Urmya: The word occurs in eight places with its
12 forms.
S膩ya峁嘺 interpretes these as night (VI.49.10, 1.184.2;
II.4.3; VIII.96.1; VI.10.4; 65.2; VI.48.6; V.61.17; and
X.127.6). A few examples are given below,
13 9. 啶呧啶曕啶む啶ㄠぞ啷� 啶呧啶曕啶む啶た啶冟 啶呧啶曕啶む啶粪 啶呧啷嵿い啷傕え啷� 啶呧啶曕啶む啶�, 啶呧啶曕啶む
[a啷択tun膩啷� a啷択tubhi岣ム a啷択tu峁 akt奴n a啷択to岣�, a啷択to
] 10. 啶呧啷嵿い啷佮 [补办迟耻岣� ] 2.30.1. 啶膏啶氞啶� 啶啶班啶む 啷�
啶呧啷嵿い啷佮え啶� [secaka峁� prota岣� |
补办迟耻苍腻 ] 2.10.3. 啶� 啶溹え啶距う 啶呧啷嵿い啷佮 啶むぎ啶� 啶む啶� 啶むぎ啶膏ぞ [a jan膩da 补办迟耻岣� tama岣� tena tamas膩 ] 2.19.3. 啶呧啷嵿い啷佮え啶�
啶む啶溹じ啶� 啷� [补办迟耻苍腻
tejas膩 | ] 1.36.16 啶呧啷嵿い啷佮き啶苦 啶嗋く啷佮ぇ啷堗 啷� [补办迟耻产丑颈岣� 膩yudhai岣� | ] 3.17.1. 啶呧啷嵿い啷佮き啶苦
啶呧啷嵿啶ㄠぞ啶膏ぞ啶оえ啷堗ぐ啷嵿ぇ啷冟い啶距う啶苦き啶苦 啷� [补办迟耻产丑颈岣�
a帽jan膩s膩dhanairdh峁泃膩dibhi岣� | ] 4.15.3. 啶曕ぞ啶ㄠ啶むた啶た啶� 啷� [k膩ntibhi岣� | ] 6.69.3. 啶む啶溹 [迟别箩墨] s啶た啶� 啷�
[bhi岣� |
] 10.92 2. 啶呧啷嵿い啷� 啶�, 啶膏啶掂ぐ啶多啶た啶た啶� 啶溹啶ぞ啶︵た啶む啶ぎ啶苦さ 啷�
[aktu na, svara艣mibhira jakam膩dityamiva |
] 6.65.1. 啶呧啷嵿い啷傕し 啶ㄠ啷嵿し啶む啶班ぞ啶︵た 啶む啶溹ぞ啶傕じ啶� |
[akt奴峁 nak峁tr膩di tej膩峁僺i |
] 11. 7.11.3. 啶呧す啶傕 啷� 啶ぅ啶啶啷嵿い啷佮ぐ啶苦い啶� 啶班ぞ啶掂啶班啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶むぅ啶距お啷嵿く啶む啶班ぞ啶溹啶え啷嵿い啷� 啶掂啶啷嵿く啶ㄠ啶む
啶班啶ぞ啶︵啶ㄠ啶じ啷嵿ぎ啶苦え啷嵿え啶苦い啷嵿く啶︵啶︵え啷�啶ㄠぞ啶� |
[aha峁冡弗 | yathapyakturiti r膩vern膩ma tath膩pyatr膩jyante vyajyante
r奴p膩d墨nyasminnityaddan墨n膩ma |
] 12. 啶娻く啶�, 啶娻く啶ぞ啶� 啶娻ぐ啷嵿ぎ啷嵿く啶距い啷�, 啶呧ぎ啷嵿ぐ啷嵿ぎ啷嵿く啷�
[奴ya岣�, 奴yay膩岣� 奴rmy膩tu, amrmye
] 1 13. 1.184.2. 啶娻ぐ啷嵿ぎ啷嵿く啶�, 啶班ぞ啶む啶班た啶ㄠぞ啶啶むい啷� 啶班ぞ啶む啶班 啷� 啶う啶� 啷� 啶娻ぐ啷嵿ぎ啶苦ぐ啶苦い啶� 啶椸啶え啶距ぎ
[奴rmy膩, r膩trin膩maitat r膩trau | yad膩 | 奴rmiriti goman膩ma
] " 啶娻ぐ啷嵿ぎ啶苦ぐ啷嵿く啶膏啶む 啶さ啶苦い啷嵿ぐ 啶� [奴rmiryaste pavitra 膩] * 啶多啶�. 啶膏. [艣ra. sa峁�. ] 4.64.11.8 啶囙い啷嵿く啶距う啶苦し啷� 啶むぅ啶距お啷嵿ぐ啶啶椸ぞ啶む 啷�
啶娻ぐ啷嵿ぇ啷嵿く啶距 [ity膩di峁 tath膩prayog膩t |
奴谤诲丑测腻岣� ] 20403. 啶班ぞ啶む啶班啶� 啶膏ぐ啷嵿さ啶距じ啷� 啶班ぞ啶む啶班た啶粪 啷�
[r膩tr墨岣� sarv膩su r膩tri峁 |
] P
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啶� [奴 ] 5. 6117. 啶膏い啷嵿ぐ啶苦う啷囙さ啶� 啷� 啶夃お啷堗い啶� 啶班ぞ啶む啶班た啶ㄠぞ啶� |
[satridevi | upaiti r膩trin膩ma |
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