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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38 22. Hima: The word with its forms occurs in twelve
places.
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Only in one place Sayana gives the sense as night.
In four places he gives the meaning as water, and in other
five places he interpretes it as hima (snow). While inter-
preting the word himavanta in X.121.4, he explains it as
'mountains having snow. While explaining the Rk. I.116.8,
Sayana gives alternative meaning and says that the word
belongs to aharnama. Yaska interpretes the word hima while
explaining the word himanta. He states "Winter is full of
snow. Hima (snow) is derived from the root han (to injure)
or from hi (to hasten). He interpretes hima as water
(Niru.6.36)
36140 23. Vasvi: The word occurs in ten places, with its
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forms. s膩ya峁嘺 does not interprete it in the sense of night.
He explains it as "prasasta.鈥�
38. 啶灌た啶ぞ, 啶灌た啶啶ㄠ, 啶灌た啶さ啶ㄠ啶む, 啶灌た啶ぞ啶傕ぁ 啶囙さ, 啶灌た啶啶ぞ啶� 啶堗さ 啷�
[him膩, himene, himavanta岣�, him膩峁冡笉a iva, himy膩' 墨va |
] 39. 1.34.1. fer霉a fenyaut eta帽a 1
40. 啶灌た啶啶ㄠ啶︵啷囙え 啷� 啶ㄠた啶班. [himenodakena | niru. ] 5.368 啶灌啶え啷嵿い啷� 啶灌た啶さ啶距え啷� 啷� 啶灌た啶 啶ㄠぐ啷嵿す啶ㄠ啶む 啷�
啶灌た啶ㄠ啶む啶� 啷� 啶ㄠた啶班. [hemanto himav膩n | hima峁� narhante |
hin墨teva | nir奴. ] 4.278
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41. 啶掂じ啷嵿さ啶�, 啶掂じ啷嵿さ啷�啶た啶� 啶掂じ啷嵿さ啷嵿く啷� 啷�
[vasva岣�, vasv墨bhi岣� vasvyo |
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