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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[ 5 110 6. Ramyah: The word occurs only in four places with
its forms (i.e. ramya峁嘺m and ramayasu). In three places
the word is interpreted as night and in one place it is
interpreted as ramanahetubh奴ta岣� (usasah) (RV. II.2.8).
S膩ya峁嘺 interpretes the word with explanation while comment-
14 ing on the RV. III. 34.3.
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.7. Yamya: The word in its forms occurs in five places
(1.e. yamyah, yamyam and yamya). The word yamya comes in
three places. Sayana interpretes it as yuqma or yugala,
and in one place (III.55.11) yamarupe mithuna bh奴te
aha艣ca r膩tri艣ca-iti. The word yamyam is (x.10.7) inter-
preted as yamim
8. Namya: The word occurs only once in the RV. (1.57.7)
Saya峁嘺 interpretes it, as satrusu namana艣墨lena.
word.
Vajre峁嘺: The meaning 'night' is not assigned to this
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15 9. Dosa: The word in its forms occurs in twenty one places
In all the places Sayana interpretes in the sense assigned.
140 3.34.3. ETFIT: PHO脤 Fatta: HE DISTETH:,
ak茅zifa etrit: etay: 1 araf etatom懦 i
15. atem, ater:, atory, atation: 1
