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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. Karansi: The word occurs only in IV. 19.10. S膩ya峁嘺
interpretes it as karmani.
14. Karikratah: The word and its form are used in three
places in the sense of action. The form karikratah is inter-
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preted as atyartham kurvantah (1.140.5) and karikrat as 蓴una岣�
punah kurvan (III,58.9).
15. Karanti: The word does not occur. But the form
karantI occurs (1.48.7); it is interpreted as kurvanti.
16. Cakrat: The word does not occur (Devaraja, the
commentator, gives the other form cakratu岣�.)
17. Kartvam (Karttum): The word with its forms occurs
in sixteen places. It is used in the sense of karma or
kartavya.
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18. Kartoh: The word occurs in two places (1.115.4;
II.38.4), s膩ya峁嘺 interpretes it as action quoting the
Nighantu (2.1.18). The form is ablative/genitive infinitive.
19. Kartavai: The word does not occur, but the form
kartave occurs in four places and is interpreted as kartum
(1.85.9; II.22.1; IX.86.20; X.17.6). The form is dative
infinitive.
