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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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88 (of 242)


External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)


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1 111 16 10
. Nakta: The word occurs with its forms' in thirty-
eight places. Sayaṇa interpretes it in the sense assigned,
The compound word naktosasa also appears in five places,
5 ,
Sayaṇa explains them as night and usas. Yaska (Niru. 8. 10)
'
interpretes the word as natka. He says that it is the
synonym of night: 'it anoints beings with dew; or else It
is called night because its colour is 'indistinct.
.17
18 in one
. 11. Tama�: The word is used with its forms
hundred and sixteen places. Only in three places it is
used as night (tamasah 1.50.10, III.39.3; X.1.1). In one-
hundred and two places the word is interpreted by Sāyaṇa
as darkness. In rest of the places it is explained
differently.
19 1
16. नव॑तम् नक्तभि�, नक्तया, नक्ती [nava॑tam naktabhi�, naktayā, naktī] ':
17. निरू. [Ծū. ] 8. 10. उषासानक्ता � उषाश्च नक्त� � � उषाव्याय्यात�
नक्तैत� रात्रिना� | अनक्ति भूतान्यवश्याये� �
[uṣāsānaktā | uṣāśca naktā ca | uṣāvyāyyātā
naktaiti rātrināma | anakti bhūtānyavaśyāyena |
]
18 '18"
19.
तमसः, तस� तोति तत� तमोत� तम� गाम्,
तम� ऽभिः तम� वृधे�, तम� हन�
[tamasa�, tasā toti tate tamoti tama� gām,
tama� 'bhi� tama� vṛdhe�, tama� hano
]
1.33.10. तम� अन्धकाररूपात� मैघात् �
[tamasa andhakārarūpāt maighāt |
]
3.5.1. अज्ञानस्� �
[ajñānasya |
]
10.162.6. निद्रय� |
[nidrayā |
]
2. 23. 18. तमसा वृत्रासुरे� �
[tamasā vṛtrāsureṇa |
]
9.7. तमांति रक्षांति �
[tamāṃti rakṣāṃti |
]

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