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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. USON膧M膧NI
1 The following sixteen words are listed as the synonyms
of usas (dawn).
usas.
Yaska in his Nirukta (2.18) interpretes the word
2 He states "Usas is so called because, she shines
(vas). It is the time subsequent to night. Durga derives
usas from ucch 'to disperse.* It disperses darkness.
3 ,
The word usas is not included in the list of synonyms.
1. Vibh膩var墨: The word in its form (vocative), vibnavarl
occurs in eight places addressing the goddess usas.
(I.30.20; 48.1; 10.92.14; IV.52.6; V.79.4; 10; VIII.47.14).
1.
1. 啶掂た啶ぞ啶掂ぐ啷� [惫颈产丑腻惫补谤墨] ' 2. 啶膏啶ㄠぐ啷� [蝉耻苍补谤墨 ] 3. 啶ぞ啶膏啶掂い啷� [产丑腻蝉惫补迟墨 ] 4. 啶撪う啶傕い啷� [辞诲补峁僼墨 ] 5. 啶氞た啷抡い啷嵿ぐ啶距え啶оぞ
[肠颈啷抰谤腻苍补诲丑腻
] 6- 啶呧ぐ啷嵿啷佮え啷� [补谤箩耻苍墨 ] 7. 啶掂ぞ啶溹た啶ㄠ [惫腻箩颈苍墨 ] 8 啶掂ぞ啶溹た啶ㄠ啶掂い啷� [惫腻箩颈苍墨vat墨 ] 9. 啶膏啶啶ㄠぞ啶掂ぐ啷赌
[蝉耻尘苍腻惫补谤墨
] 10 啶呧す啶ㄠぞ 啶樴啶ㄠぞ
[ahan膩 ghon膩
] 鈼�
11. 啶むえ啶� [迟补苍腻 ] 12. 啶多啶掂啷掄い啷嵿く啶� [艣惫别啷抰测腻 ] 13. 啶呧じ啷囙が啷� [补蝉别产墨 ] 140 啶膏啶ㄠ啶むぞ啶�
[蝉奴苍峁泃腻峁�
] 15. 啶膏啶ㄠ啶むぞ啶傕さ啶む [蝉奴苍峁泃腻峁僾at墨 ] 16 啶膏い啶距さ啶班 啷�
[sat膩var墨 |
] 2. 啶夃し啶距 啶曕じ啷嵿ぎ啶距い啷� 啷� 啶夃啷嵿啶む啶むた 啶膏い啷嵿く啶距 啷� 啶班ぞ啶む啶班啶班お啶班 啶曕ぞ啶侧 啷�
[u峁Ｄ佱弗 kasm膩t | ucchat墨ti saty膩岣� | r膩trerapara岣� k膩la岣� |
] 3.
"啶夃啷嵿啷� 啶掂た啶掂ぞ啶膏 [ucch墨 viv膩se] " 啶掂た啶掂ぞ啶膏く啶むた 啶灌啶 啶むぎ啶距啶膏た 啶むじ啷嵿ぎ啶距う啷�
.
啶夃啷嵿啶む啶むた 啶多啶掂ぎ啶膏啶ぞ 啶忇い啶膏啶た啶ㄠ 啶曕ぐ啷嵿ぎ啶｀た 啶膏い啷嵿く啶距 啶忇い啶膏啶た啶ㄠ 啶曕ぞ啶班啷�
啶夃し啶� 啶囙い啷嵿く啷囙い啶︵き啶苦ぇ啶距え啶� 啶さ啶むた 啷�
[viv膩sayati h墨ya峁� tam膩峁僺i tasm膩d
.
ucchat墨ti 艣vamasy膩 etasmin karma峁噄 saty膩岣� etasmin k膩rake
u峁Ｄ� ityetadabhidh膩na峁� bhavati |
]
