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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sense of bala' (vigour). The form sakmabhi岣� in IX.7.7 is The word sagman is interpreted as sukhai岣� (sangaccanta岣�). listed in Sukhanamani (3.6.12). - 269 11. Kratuh: The word occurs with its forms in ninty-
three places. In fifty-seven places it is used in the sense
of karma. In twelve places it is used in the sense of
karman膩m karta. In two places it is used in the sense of
sacrifice (i.e. V.31.11; IV.10.2). The word is interpreted
in the sense of praj帽a in seventeen places, The word is also
listed as the synonym of praj帽膩 in the third chapter (Nigh.
3.9.5). S膩ya峁嘺 gives alternative interpretation while deal-
ing with the word in RV I.123.8.6
12. Karanani : The word occurs with its forms in seven
places. It is used in the sense of karma, except in one place
i.e. X.163.5. vanam kara峁嚹乼 vanamudakam Sar墨ram, tadkriyate
visrivate yena tadvanam karana峁�.
6. 啶�. [峁�. ] 123.8. 啶椸ぎ啶ㄠぞ啶椸ぎ啶ㄠぞ啶︵た啶班啶 啶曕ぐ啷嵿ぎ 啶むう啷嵿さ啶苦し啶ぞ啶� 啶啶班啷嵿啶距 啶掂ぞ 啷�
啶むぅ啶� 啶� 啶ㄠた啶班啶曕啶む啶- [gaman膩gaman膩dir奴pa峁� karma tadvi峁y膩峁� praj帽膩峁� v膩 |
tath膩 ca nirukt峁沵- ] "啶曕啶む 啶︵ぇ啶苦啷嵿ぐ啶距 啶曕ぐ啷嵿ぎ 啶掂ぞ 啶啶班啷嵿啶距 啶掂ぞ [k峁泃a峁� dadhikr膩岣� karma v膩 praj帽膩峁� v膩] " 啶灌 啶溹た啶�- [hai jisa-] 2-288.
