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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. Sunarl: The word occurs with its form, s奴narl in
five places. The word sunarl is interpreted by saya峁嘺 as
either g峁沨ak峁泃yasyanetri or pra峁噄n膩mnetri (1.48.5, 81
IV.52.1; VII.81,1). The other form sunarl (1.48.10)
addresses the goddess usas. S膩ya峁嘺 explains it as usustu
navati iti.
At one
3. Bhasvati: The word occurs in two places (1.92.7
and 11334) as an adjective of the goddess Usas.
place it is explained as tejasvin墨 and at the other as
visista prakasayukt膩 v膩k.
4 4. Odati: The word with its form occurs in two places.
S膩ya峁嘺 interpretes in the sense of goddess Usas.鈥� (Saya峁嘺
in RV.VIII,69.2 cites the word odatl before bhasvati while
quoting the Nighantu).
5 5. Citramagha: The word with its form occurs in fcur
places (VII.75.5 77.3; VII.58.3: citra-maghe 1.48.1C).
S膩ya峁嘺 interpretes it as an adjective of goddess Usas,
4.
15 5.
1.48.6. 啶撪う啶む 啷� 啶夃し啷嬥う啷囙さ啶むぞ 啷� [odat墨 | u峁devat膩 | ] "啶夃え啷嵿う啷� 啶曕啶侧啶︵え啷� [und墨 kledane] " 啷� 啶夃え啶む啶むた 啶膏ぐ啷嵿さ
啶ㄠ啶灌ぞ啶班啶� 啶囙い啶� 啶撪う啶傕い啷� 啶夃し啶距
[| unatti sarva
n墨h膩re峁嘺 iti oda峁僼墨 u峁Ｄ佱弗
] 8.69.2. 啶撪う啶む啶むぞ啶 啷� 啶斷う啶む啶 啶夃し啶膏 [odat墨t膩m | audatya岣� u峁sa岣� ] * 啶撪う啶む 啶ぞ啶膏啶掂い啷�啶�
啶むえ啷嵿え啶距ぎ啶膏 啶ぞ啶犩ぞ啶む 啷�
[odat墨 bh膩svat墨ta
tann膩masu p膩峁環膩t |
] 7.75.5. 啶氞た啶む啶班ぞ啶啶� 啶掂た啶氞た啶む啶班ぇ啶ㄠぞ, 啶掂た啶氞た啶む啶班ぐ啶｀ぎ啷嵿く啶距啷嵿く啶� 啶оえ啶� 啶掂ぞ 啷�
[citr膩magh膩 vicitradhan膩, vicitrara峁嘺my膩khy膩 dhan膩 v膩 |
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