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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rajah is listed in dyava-prthivin盲madheyani (N1.3.30.4)
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and 'used' in the sense assigned. Yaska in his Nirukta
(4.19) explains: "Rajas is derived from the root ran
(to glow). The two lights are called rajas, "water is
called rajas," worlds are called 'rajas,' 'blood and day
25 are called rajas (RV.III.9.1). Durga illustrates the
various meanings of rajas by suitable examples.
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5 Sayana gives the other meaning as jyoti also.
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13. Asikni: Its forms'
27 occur in six places. In four
places the word is interpreted in the sense assigned.
other two places it is explained differently.
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113 25. 啶ㄠた啶班啶� [苍颈谤耻岣� ] 4.19. 啶班啷� 啶班啷嵿い啷囙 啷� 啶溹啶啶む 啶班 啶夃啷嵿く啶む 啷� 啶夃う啶曕 啶班 啶夃啷嵿く啶む 啷�
啶侧啶曕ぞ啶班啶膏啶啶о啶え啷嵿い啷� 啷� 啶呧じ啷佮啶灌え啷� 啶班啶む 啶夃啷嵿く啷囙い啷� 啷�
[rajo rakte岣� | jyot墨 raja ucyate | udaka峁� raja ucyate |
lok膩rajasyudhyante | asugahan墨 rajat墨 ucyete |
] 26.
1.83.2. 啶班啶� 啶溹啶啶むた啶� 啶膏啶班啶じ啶傕が啶ㄠ啶оた 啷�
[raja岣� jyoti岣� s奴ryasa峁僢andhi |
] 135.9. 啶む啶溹じ啶� 啷�
[tejas膩 |
] 3.48.1. 啶む啶溹じ啶�
[迟别箩补蝉补岣�
] 27. ' 啶呧ぐ啷嵿じ啶苦啶ㄠ, 啶呧じ啶苦啷嵿え啷�啶, 啶呧じ啶苦啷嵿え啶ぞ, 啶呧じ啶苦啷嵿え啷嵿く啶距ぎ啷�
[arsikan墨, asikn墨m, asiknay膩, 补蝉颈办苍测腻m
] 28.
谩苍测,
啶呧じ啶苦啷嵿え啷�啶� [补蝉颈办苍墨岣� ] 8.5.3. 啶呧じ啶苦い啶掂ぐ啷嵿ぃ啶� 啶班ぞ啶溹じ啷嵿く
啶呧じ啶苦啷嵿え啷嵿く啶� [asitavar峁嚹� r膩jasya
补蝉颈办苍测腻 ] 5.75.5. 啶呧さ啶さ啶啶むく啶� 啶膏す啶苦い [avayavabh奴tay膩 sahita ] 1
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