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 4 - Second Adhyaya (chapter) of the Nighantu (study)
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External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)
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No. Word No. of times used 22. Tasthu峁岣� 8 23. Paficaja峁嚹佱弗
9 24. Vivasvanta岣�
32 25. P峁泃an膩
48 291
No. of times used in
the sense assigned
-
(sthitavantah)
18 1
To conclude the discussion in a nut-shell, it may be
pointed out that one word is not used in the Veda and five
words are not used strictly in the sense assigned.
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